The  Charter  and  Gen 


eral  Ordinances  of  the 


City  of  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

EXCLUSIVE  OF  THE  BUILDING  CODE 


IN  EFFECT  JANUARY  1,  1912 

Published  by  Authority  of 
THE  Common  Council 
1912 


Charter  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield,  N.  J. 


With  Supplementary  Acts 


Published  by  Authority  of  the 
Common  Council 


1912 

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CHARTER  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PLAINFIELD 

Approved  April  4,  1872.  P.  L.  1872,  p.  1134 


1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  That  all  the  inhabitants  residing  in  the  terri- 
torial limits  of  the  present  city  of  Plainfield,  in  the  county  of  Union, 
be,  and  are  hereby  ordained,  constituted  and  declared  to  be  one 
body  politic  and  corporate,  in  fact  and  in  name,  by  the  name  and 
style  of  “Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield.” 

2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  hereafter  there  shall  be  chosen  in 
said  city,  from  among  the  citizens  thereof,  one  mayor,  one  city  judge, 
eleven  members  of  the  common  council,*  one  assessor,  one  collector, 
one  treasurer,  two  chosen  freeholders,  two  constables,!  two  jus- 
tices of  the  peace,!  one  clerk  for  each  election  district,  three 
judges  of  election  for  each  election  district,  and  three  commissioners 
of  appeals. 

The  annual  election  in  and  for  said  city  shall  be  held  on  the 
first  Tuesday  of  December  of  each  and  every  year,  and  at  such  place 
or  places  as  the  common  council  shall  direct  or  appoint,  of  which 
time  and  place  or  places  the  clerk  of  said  city  shall  cause  public 
notice  to  be  given  by  advertisement,  to  be  set  up  in  at  least  five 
public  places  in  said  city,  and  published  in  two  newspapers,  if  so 
many  there  be  printed  therein,  at  least  ten  days  previous  to  the 
date  of  such  election. 

At  the  first  election  of  officers,  after  the  passage  of  this  act, 
which  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  May  next,  there  shall  be 
elected  in  said  city  by  the  legal  voters  thereof,  from  among  the  citi- 
zens of  the  same,  all  of  the  officers  of  the  city  government,  except- 
ing the  mayor,  enumerated  in  this  section,  and  the  term  of  office  of 
each  and  all  of  the  officers  then  elected  shall  expire  at  noon  of  the 
first  Monday  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-three,  and 
at  the  annual  election  to  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  December 
of  each  and  every  year,  there  shall  be  elected  all  of  the  officers  of  the 
city  government,  excepting  the  mayor,  enumerated  in  this  section,  and 
the  officers  chosen  at  such  elections  shall  enter  upon  and  hold  office 
from  noon  of  the  first  Monday  of  January  following  their  election 


♦Chap.  143,  P.  L.  1881,  p.  175.  Chap.  32,  P.  L.  1883,  p.  38. 
t Chap.  68,  P.  L.  1876,  p.  82.  Chap.  196,  P.  L.  1880,  p.  291. 

! Art.  6,  Sec.  7;  Art.  7,  Sec.  8,  Constitution  of  N.  J.  Elected  for  fiye  years. 

NOTE — The  general  laws  of  the  State,  passed  since  the  granting  of 
this  charter,  have  modified  its  provisions  in  so  many  particulars,  that  it 
can  be  safely  consulted  only  in  connection  with  such  laws. 


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until  noon  of  the  first  Monday  of  January  of  the  next  succeeding 
year. 

At  the  annual  election  to  he  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  De- 
cember, eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-two,  there  shall  be  chosen  one 
mayor,  to  hold  office  from  the  first  Tuesday  of  May,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  seventy-three,  until  noon  of  the  first  Monday  of  January, 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-five,  and  after  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
drd  and  seventy-two  the  mayor  shall  be  elected  biennially,  and 
shall  serve  for  two  years. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  poll  of  each  election  shall  be 
opened  and  closed  at  the  time  appointed  by  law  and  the  three 
judges  of  election,  in  each  election  district,  shall  be  the  officers  of 
said  election;  and  in  case  of  the  absence,  death,  disability  or  refusal 
to  serve  of  any  of  said  officers  of  election,  on  the  day  of  election, 
the  lawful  voters  present  shall  elect,  viva  voce,  a person  or  persons 
to  supply  such  vacancy  or  vacancies,  that  the  name  of  each  voter  at 
such  election  shall  be  written  on  the  poll  list  by  the  clerk,  and  after 
the  poll  shall  be  closed  the  said  judges  of  election  shall  immediately 
count  the  votes  given  for  the  several  candidates  and  certify  the  re- 
sult under  their  hands  and  seals,  and  deliver  said  certificate  to  the 
clerk  of  said  city,  who  shall  file  and  preserve  the  same  in  his  office, 
and  the  persons  having  the  greatest  number  of  votes  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  elected  to  the  offices  for  which  they  shall  be  voted  for 
respectively,  and  shall  hold  their  offices  for  the  terms  specified  in 
this  act. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  mayor  shall  be  the  chief  execu- 
tive oflScer  of  the  city,  and  shall  see  that  the  laws  of  the  state  and 
the  ordinances  of  the  city  are  faithfully  observed  therein. 

He  may  recommend  the  common  council  to  pass  such  measures 
as  he  may  deem  necessary  or  expedient  for  the  welfare  of  the  city. 

He  shall  maintain  peace  and  good  order  therein,  and  in  case 
of  a riot  or  tumultuous  assembly,  may  take  command  of  the  police 
force  of  the  city  to  suppress  it. 

In  case  of  persons  violating  or  being  suspected  by  him  of  vio- 
lating any  criminal  laws  of  this  state,  or  penal  ordinance  of  the 
city,  he  shall  posssess  the  same  power  and  authority  which  justices 
of  the  peace  possess  in  criminal  cases. 

He  shall  sign  all  licenses  directed  to  be  issued  by  the  common 
council,  and  all  bonds,  obligations  or  other  evidences  of  indebted- 
ness issued  by  the  city. 

5.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  common  council  shall  have 
power  to  appoint  from  time  to  time,  a city  clerk,  a street  commis- 
sioner, an  overseer  of  the  poor,  and  such  other  subordinate  officers 
as  they  shall  think  necessary  for  the  governing  of  said  city;  pro- 
vided, that  no  appointment  of  officers  herein  named  shall  be  valid 


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unless  made  by  a vote  of  a majority  of  all  the  members  of  said 
common' council;  every  person  who  shall  be  appointed  to  any  office 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be  a resident  and  elector  of 
said  city,  and  may  continue  in  office"  until  removed  therefrom  by  a 
vote  of  a majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  common  council,  or 
until  another  person  is  appointed  to  succeed  him. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  all  persons  residing  in  said  city, 
entitled  to  vote  by  the  constitution  of  this  state  at  elections  by  the 
people,  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  all  elections  under  this  act,  and 
the  said  citizens  so  entitled  to  vote  shall  be  capable  of  holding  any 
office  created  by  this  act  of  incorporation  with  the  exception  that  no 
person  shall  be  elected  or  serve  as  mayor  or  common  councilman, 
unless  he  shall  have  resided  in  said  city  at  least  one  year  immedi- 
ately preceding  said  election. 

7.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  persons  elected  for  members  of 
the  common  council,  or  a majority  of  them,  shall  have  the  power, 
from  time  to  time,  and  at  all  times  hereafter,  to  hold  a common 
council  within  said  city,  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  appointed 
by  the  ordinances  and  resolutions  of  the  said  common  council;  to 
meet  upon  their  own  adjournments,  and  to  call  special  meetings 
by  request  of  any  three  members  of  said  council  in  writing,  ad- 
dressed to  the  clerk  of  said  council,  or  by  order  of  the  president 
of  said  council,  and  that  the  whole  legislative  power  of  the  cor- 
poration of  said  city  shall  be  exclusively  vested  in  the  said  common 
council;*  provided,  that  no  ordinance  or  by-law  shall  be  at  any  time 
enacted  or  passed,  altered  or  repealed,  except  by  a concurrence  of 
at  least  six  members  of  said  common  council,  and  unless  the  same 
shall  have  been  introduced  before  the  said  common  council  at  a 
previous  meeting. 

8.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  mayor  of  said  city  shall,  before 
he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  take  and  subscribe  before  a 
judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  of  the  county  of  Union,  or  any 
officer  authorized  to  administer  the  same,  an  oath  or  affirmation 
that  hd  will  faithfully  and  justly  perform  all  the  duties  of  said  office 
to  the  best  of  his  ability;  and  that  the  city  judge,  members  of  the 
common  council,  clerk,  assessor,  collector,  treasurer,  street  commis- 
sioner, judges  of  election,  commissioners  of  appeal,  and  all  other 
officers  appointed  or  elected  by  virtue  of  this  act,  shall  before  they 
enter  upon  their  respective  duties,  take  and  subscribe  before  the 
said  mayor,  t who  is  hereby  authorized  to  administer  the  same,  the 
like  oaths  or  affirmations;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  clerk 
to  file  and  preserve  the  said  oaths  and  affirmations  in  his  office;  and 


* Further  powers  of  Common  Council,  Secs.  2-3,  Supplement  to  Charter, 
1874. 

t Or  City  Judg-e — Sec.  2 Charter  Supplement,  1873. 


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all  such  oaths  or  affirmations  shall  be  taken  within  five  days*  after 
the  day  of  election  or  appointment. 

9.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  in  the  absence  of  the  mayor,  the 
city  judge  of  said  city  shall  administer  such  oaths  and  afl&rmations 
of  office  as  the  mayor  is  authorized  by  this  act  to  administer;  and 
during  such  absence  the  other  official  duties  of  the  mayor  shall  be 
discharged  by  the  president  of  the  common  council. 

10.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  in-  case  of  a vacancy  happening 
in  any  office  created  and  made  elective  by  this  act,  by  death,  resigna- 
tion, removal,  or  otherwise,  except  in  officers  of  election,  on  the  day 
of  election,  it  shall  be  filled  by  the  said  common  council  within  thirty 
days  thereafter,  and  the  said  appointment  shall  continue  until  the 
next  annual , election,  and  no  longer. 

11.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  treasurer  and  collector  of  said 
city,  before  they  enter  upon  their  respective  offices,  shall  each  exe- 
cute a bond  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Plainfield,  conditioned 
for  the  true  and  faithful  perforjnance  of  all  the  duties  of  their  said 
offices  in  such  sums  and  with  such  freehold  security  as  the  common 
council  shall  approve  and  direct. 

12.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  clerks  of  election,  judges  of 
election,  assessor,  collector,  and  commissioners  of  appeal,  shall  re- 
spectively possess  the  power  and  perform  the  duties  of  like  officers 
in  any  township  of  this  state,  so  far  as  shall  be  consistent  with  the 
provisions  of  this  act;  and  in  addition  thereto  the  city  clerk  shall 
attend  all  meetings  of  the  common  council  of  said  city,  keep  ac- 
curate minutes  of  their  proceedings,  and  insert  the  same  in  a book 
to  be  provided  for  that  purpose,  and  in  like  manner  record  all  ordi- 
nances passed  by  the  common  council,  and  shall  do  and  perform 
all  such  other  duties  as  the  said  common  council  may  from  time  to 
time  prescribe,  and  the  power  and  duties  of  the  treasurer  and  street 
commissioner,  if  not  otherwise  provided  for  in  this  act,  shall  be  those 
enjoined  by  the  ordinances  of  the  said  common  council. 

13.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  treas- 
urer of  the  said  city  to  receive  and  pay  out  all  moneys  belonging  to 
the  said  city,  under  the  direction  and  by  authority  of  the  said  com- 
mon council;  to  make  out  annually,  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  De- 
cember, or  oftener,  should  the  said  common  council  so  require,  and 
publish  in  two  newspapers  printed  in  said  city,  if  so  many  there  be, 
a detailed  and  true  statement  of  all  moneys  received  into  the  treas- 
ury, and  of  all  moneys  disbursed  therefrom,  from  the  commencement 
of  his  official  year  to  the  date  aforesaid. 

14.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the 


Within  ten  days — Sec.  2 Charter  Supplement,  1873. 


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common  council  of  said  city  to  pass  such  ordinances  or  by-laws 
as  to  them  shall  seem  meet  and  necessary: 

For  regulating,  leveling,  grading,  paving,  graveling,  cleansing 
and  keeping  in  repair  the  streets,  roads,  highways,  alleys  and  cross- 
walks in  said  city;  provided,  that  the  expense  of  paving  any  street, 
road,  highway  or  alley  with  stone  or  wood  shall  be  equitably  as- 
sessed upon  and  paid  by  the  owners  of  property  fronting  thereon: 

For  preventing  or  removing  all  obstructions,  encroachments,, 
encumbrances  and  nuisances,  or  any  of  them,  from  the  streets,  roads, 
highways,  sidewalks,  alleys,  enclosures  and  lots  in  said  city; 

For  ascertaining  and  establishing  the  grades  and  boundaries  of 
all  streets,  alleys  and  sidewialks  in  said  city: 

For  causing  the  territory  embraced  within  the  boundaries  of 
said  city  to  be  accurately  surveyed  and  mapped  for  roads,  streets  and 
avenues,  and 

For  establishing  lamp  and  police  districts  within  said  city,  and 
provide  for  assessing  within  each  respective  district  the  cost  of 
lighting  and  maintaining  police  patrol,  either  or  both,  within  such 
districts: 

For  curbing,  grading,  paving,  flagging,  graveling,  cementing: 
or  planking  side-walks  in  said  city: 

For  preventing  or  removing  all  obstructions,  impediments,  en- 
cumbrances or  nuisances  on  any  street  or  street-crossing,  caused  by 
any  railroad  company  or  its  agents: 

For  preventing  persons  from  riding,  driving  or  passing  over  or 
upon  the  sidewalks,  except  when  necessary  to  cross  the  same  with 
horses,  wagons,  carts,  or  carriages  of  any  description: 

For  lighting  the  streets  and  alleys  in  said  city: 

For  preventing  or  regulating  the  running  at  large  of  horses, 
cattle,  goats,  geese,  dogs  and  swine: 

For  preventing  the  immoderate  riding  or  driving  through  or  in 
any  street  or  alley  of  said  city: 

For  keeping  sidewalks  and  gutters  free  from  snow,  ice,  and 
other  impediments: 

To  enact  health  laws,  and  establish  a board  of  health: 

To  provide  for  the  relief  of  the  poor,  and  for  the  establishment 
and  maintenance  of  an  alms-house  or  work-house  and  a city  hospital, 
and  to  direct  and  order  what  persons  shall  be  placed  therein  and 
for  what  length  of  time: 

For  preventing  or  suppressing  any  riots,  routs,  disturbances, 
breaches  of  the  peace  or  disorderly  assemblage,  in  any  street,  alley, 
house,  or  place  in  said  city: 

For  sinking  and  regulating  pumps,  wells  and  cisterns  in  the 
streets  or  enclosures  of  said  city  for  the  extinguishing  of  fires: 

For  regulating  fire  engine,  hose  and  truck  companies: 


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For  the  prevention  and  suppression  of  fires: 

For  regulating  the  keeping  of  gunpowder  and  other  combustible 
or  dangerous  materials: 

For  cleansing  of  chimneys  and  regulating  the  same: 

For  appointing  policemen — regular  or  special — watchmen,  and 
other  subordinate  officers,  and  prescribing  their  powers,  duties  and 
compensation: 

For  regulating  weights  and  measures: 

For  establishing  and  regulating  one  or  more  public  pounds: 
Foe  restraining  vagrants,  mendicants  and  street  beggars: 

For  erecting,  repairing  and  regulating  a city  hall  and  city  jail: 
For  assessing  and  collecting  taxes: 

For  regulating  and  conducting  city  elections: 

For  preserving  peace  and  good  order: 

For  preventing  or  suppressing  all  gaming  and  disorderly  houses: 
For  regulating  or  preventing  the  carrying  on  of  any  trade,  busi- 
ness or  manufacture  likely  to  promote  or  cause  fires,  or  otherwise 
to  endanger  the  health  or  well-being  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  city: 
To  regulate  and  control  the  manner  of  erecting  dwelling-houses 
and  other  buildings,  and 

To  prohibit  within  certain  limits,  to  be  from  time  to  time  by  it 
‘prescribed,  the  building  or  erection  of  any  dwelling-house,  store, 
stable,  or  other  building  of  wood,  or  other  combustible  materials: 

To  prevent  the  setting  up  or  construction  of  furnaces,  stoves, 
boilers,  ovens  or  other  things,  in  such  a manner  as  to  be  dangerous: 
For  the  sewerage  or  drainage  of  said  citj^: 

For  laying  down  iron,  lead,  glass,  wood  or  other  pipes  for  the 
conveyance  of  water  or  gas  in  the  streets,  highways,  alleys,  and 
sidewalks  of  said  city,  and  for  regulating  the  same: 

For  the  protection  and  regulation  of  shade  trees: 

For  the  suppression  and  punishment  of  vice  and  immorality: 
For  licensing  taverns  and  saloons: 

And  the  said  common  council  shall  or  may  enact  or  pass  such 
and  so  many  other  ordinances  or  by-laws  for  the  peace,  good  gov- 
ernment, order,  well-being  and  convenience  of  the  said  city  as  they 
may  deem  necessary,  proper  and  expedient,  not  repugnant  to  this 
act,  or  to  the  constitution  of  this  state,  or  of  the  United  States.* 

15.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  justices  of  the  peace,  chosen 
freeholders,  commissioners  of  appeal,  inspectors  of  elections,  asses- 
sors, collector,  constables,  pound  keepers  and  the  overseer  of  the 
poor  shall  perform  such  duties  as  by  the  laws  of  this  state  now 
appertain  to  and  devolve  upon  such  officers  in  the  townships  of  this 


* Further  powers  under  Secs.  2,  3,  Charter  Supplement,  1874,  and  for  lay- 
ing’ stone  crosswalks,  Sec.  58  of  this  act.  See  also  Secs.  7,  30,  31,  32 
and  3D. 


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-State,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  act  or  any  ordinance  or  ordi- 
nances passed  by  virtue  thereof;  and  the  collector  of  revenue  shall 
pay  over  all  moneys  received  by  him  for  the  city,  as  soon  as  col- 
lected, to  the  treasurer  of  said  city,  who  shall  pay  over  to  the  treas- 
urer of  the  state,  or  to  the  collector  of  Union  county,  the  full  quota 
of  taxes  required  by  law  to  be  raised  in  said  city  for  state  and  county 
purposes,  so  far  as  the  same  may  have  been  collected. 

16.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  ordinances  of  the  common 
oouncil  of  said  city  shall  begin  in  the  following  manner,  to  wit:  The 
inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Plainfield,  by  their  common  council,  do 
■enact  as  follows: 

17.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the 
common  council  of  said  city  to  order  and  cause  to  be  assessed  and 
raised  by  tax,  in  any  one  year,  such  sum  or  sums  of  moneys  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  support  of  the  city  poor,  and  such  further  sum 
not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars,  as  they  shall  deem  expedient  for 
the  current  expenses  of  said  city,  and  for  all  other  objects  and  pur- 
poses authorized  by  this  act,*  which  amounts  shall  be  assessed  and 
collected  in  the  same  manner  as  the  assessors  and  collectors  of 
townships  are  or  may  be  by  law  required  to  assess  and  collect  the 
-state  and  county  tax,  which  taxes  when  collected,  shall  be  paid  into 
the  hands  of  the  treasurer  of  said  city,  and  be  subject  to  the  order 
of  the  said  common  council. 

18.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  common  council  may  prescribe, 
by  ordinance,  fines  and  penalties  for  the  violation  of  any  of  its  ordi- 
nances; provided,  however,  that  the  amount  of  fine  shall  in  no  case 
exceed  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  or  the  term  of  imprisonment 
twenty  days,t  reserving  the  right  of  trial  by  jury,  if  demanded  by 
the  defendant,  in  all  cases  where  the  punishment  prescribed  may 
be  imprisonment  or  the  amount  of  the  fine  exceeds  the  sum  of  twenty 
■dollars.! 

All  suits  for  the  enforcement  or  violation  of  ordinances  shall 
T)e  brought  before  the  city  judge,  or  in  the  event  of  his  absence  or 
inability  to  act,  from  sickness  or  otherwise,  then  the  said  suits  shall 
be  brought  before  the  mayor;  and  the  proceedings  before  the  mayor 
;shall  be  conducted  in  the  same  manner  as  before  the  city  judge,  and 
the  said  mayor,  for  the  purposes  of  such  trials,  shall  possess  all  the 
•powers  vested  in  the  city  judge. 

The  judgments  rendered  by  the  city  judge  or  the  mayor,  when 
acting  in  the  absence  of  the  said  judge,  may  be  executed  by  any 
policeman  of  said  city,  and  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  warrant. 


* And  additional  amount  provided  for  by  extra  tax.  Sec.  26  of  this  act. 

May  borrow  $5,000  in  anticipation  of  taxes.  Sec.  27  of  this  act. 
t Sixty  days,  &c..  Sec.  3,  Charter  Supplement,  1874. 

:?  See  Sec.  1,  Charter  Supplement,  1873. 


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writ,  execution  or  other  process  issuing  out  of  the  said  court,  and 
the  said  policeman  to  whom  such  process  shall  be  delivered,  shall 
execute  the  same  and  make  return  thereof  as  set  forth  in  such  pro- 
cess, and  the  city  judge  or  the  mayor  shall  have  power  to  commit 
to  the  jail  of  the  county  of  Union,  and  the  jailor  of  said  county  shall 
receive  and  safely  keep  all  persons  who  may  be  committed  to  the 
jail  of  said  county  by  the  city  judge  or  mayor,  for  the  term  ex- 
pressed in  the  warrant  of  commitment,  and  all  the  expenses  of  keep- 
ing such  persons  shall  be  borne  and  paid  by  the  said  county  of 
Union. 

The  process  and  proceedings  requisite  for  the  proper  and  effi- 
cient execution  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  those  spec- 
ified in  an  act  entitled  “An  act  constituting  courts  for  the  trial  of 
small  causes,”  as  far  as  the  same  may  be  applicable,  and  said  act, 
for.,  such  purposes,  shall  constitute  and  form  a part  of  this  act. 

19.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  city  judge  shall  have  all 
powers*  in  criminal  matters  that  justices  of  the  peace  in  and  for 
the  several  counties  of  this  state  now  have,  and  shall  have  like  pow- 
ers as  are  given  to  the  mayor,  to  cause  to  be  arrested,  and  committed 
without  process,  any  person  guilty,  or  that  he  may  have  reason  to 
believe  guilty  of  any  crime,  or  misdemeanor,  or  breach  of  the  peace, 
and  to  try  all  causes  or  complaints  arising  from  the  violation  of  any 
ordinance  of  said  city. 

20.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  city  judge  to  be  elected t as 
provided  for  by  this  act,  shall  be  at  the  time  of  his  election,  a prac- 
ticing attorney  at  law,  and  shall  receive  as  compensation  for  the 
performance  of  his  official  duties  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars 
per  annum. 

21.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  city  judge  shall  have  jurisdic- 
tion, and  is  hereby  empowered  on  oath  or  affirmation  made  accord- 
ing to  law,  that  any  person  or  persons  has  or  have  been  guilty  of  a 
violation  of  any  of  the  ordinances  of  said  city,  to  issue  a process, 
either  in  the  nature  of  a summons,  or  of  a warrant,  as  to  him  may 
seem  most  advisable,  against  the  person  or  persons  so  violating  such 
ordinance,  which  process  shall,  when  in  the  nature  of  a warrant,  be 
returnable  forthwith,  and  when  in  the  nature  of  a summons  be  re- 
turnable in  not  less  than  three,  nor  more  than  six  days;  that  such 
process  shall  state  what  ordinance  the  defendant  or  defendants 
named  therein  has  or  have  violated,  and  in  what  manner  the  same 
has  been  violated,  and  then  on  the  return  of  such  process,  or  at  the 
time  to  which  the  city  judge  shall  have  adjourned  the  same,  the 
said  city  judge  shall  proceed  to  hear  the  testimony,  and  to  determine,. 


* Further  rights  and  powers,  Sec.  8,  Charter  Supplement,  1873. 
t Term  of  three  years.  Sec.  8,  Charter  Supplement,  1873. 


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and  give  judgment  in  the  matter,  without  the  filing  of  any  pleadings; 
and  the  city  judge  shall,  if  judgment  be  rendered  for  the  plaintiff, 
forthwith  issue  execution  against  the  goods  and  chatties,  and  against 
the  body  of  the  defendant,  or  defendants. 

Provided,  that  in  all  cases  when  the  fine  or  penalty  shall  exceed 
twenty  dollars,  or  when  the  punishment  may  be  imprisonment,  there 
may  be  a trial  by  jury,  to  be  conducted  as  in  cases  now  triable  by 
jury  in  courts  for  the  trial  of  small  causes,  and  also  an  appeal,  as  in 
cases  where  appeal  may  now  be  had  from  judgments  in  courts  for 
the  trial  of  small  causes. 

Provided  further,  that  no  fine  shall  he  imposed  exceeding  fifty 
dollars*  for  such  offence,  and  no  term  of  imprisonment  shall  ex- 
ceed sixty  days  for  each  offence. 

And  also  provided,  that  all  cases  and  matters  pending  in  the 
city  judge’s  court,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term,  or  resignation,  or 
death,  or  inability  to  serve,  shall  he  continued  before  his  successor, 
who  shall  have  jurisdiction  of  the  same,  as  if  such  city  judge  were 
personally  present;  all  books  and  records  of  said  court  shall  be  the 
property  of  the  city,  and  as  such  shall  be  preserved  and  transferred 
by  the  city  judge  to  his  successor. 

22.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  officers  empowered  to  serve 
processes  issued  by  the  city  judge  shall  be,  besides  the  constables 
elected  or  appointed  within  said  city,  the  policemen  of  said  city,  and 
said  processes  shall  be  returned  in  the  same  manner  so  far  as  cir- 
cumstances may  permit,  as  warrants  for  the  arrest  of  persons,  issued 
out  of  the  courts  for  the  trial  of  small  causes  are  returned,  and  that 
the  defendant  or  defendants  named  therein  shall,  if  the  city  judge 
sees  fit  to  adjourn  the  hearing  of  the  charge  made,  and  so  orders, 
enter  into  recognizance,  as  near  as  may  be,  in  the  manner  directed 
in  the  courts  for  the  trial  of  small  causes,  in  the  amount  of  penalty 
named  in  the  process,  or  in  any  proceedings  to  be  brought  for  the 
recovery  of  the  same,  with  such  surety  as  may  be  approved  by  the 
city  judge,  unto  the  mayor  and  common  council  of  the  city  of  Plain- 
field,  for  his  or  their  appearance  on  the  day  to  which  said  hearing 
may  be  adjourned,  and  in  default  of  such  appearance,  the  said  recog- 
nizance may  be  prosecuted  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
same  might  have  been  if  the  said  recognizance  had  been  taken  in  a 
proceeding  in  courts  for  the  trial  of  small  causes. 

23.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  in  all  cases  in  which  persons  shall 
bring  certioraris  to  remove  the  order,  proceedings  or  judgment  given 
or  made  by  the  said  city  judge,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  city 
judge  to  charge  and  receive  before  delivery  of  the  return  thereto 
at  the  rate  of  ten  centg  per  folio  for  the  same. 


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One  hundred  dollars,  Sec.  3,  Charter  Supplement,  1874. 


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24.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  no  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
shall  grant  or  allow  any  certiorari  to  remove  any  order,  proceedings 
or  judgment  to  be  had  or  made  by  the  city  judge  of  said  city,  unless 
the  party  applying  for  such  certiorari  shall  enter  into  bonds  with 
the  mayor  and  common  council  of  the  city  of  Plainfield  in  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  with  one  or  more  good  surety  or 
sureties,  conditioned  that  such  applicants  shall  prosecute  such  cer- 
tiorari in  the  Supreme  Court,  shall  pay  the  penalty  recovered  before 
the  said  city  judge,  with  interest  and  costs,  if  the  judgment  be  af- 
firmed, and  shall  in  all  things  stand  by  and  abide  the  judgment  of 
the  Supreme  Court  respecting  the  order,  proceeding  or  judgment 
given  or  made  by  said  city  judge,  which  said  bond  shall  be  tendered 
to  said  justice  granting  such  certiorari,  to  be  by  him  filed  with  the 
clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court,  for  the  benefit  of  said  mayor  and  com- 
mon council,  and  on  failure  thereof  no  certiorari  shall  be  allowed. 

25.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  if  any  proceedings  of  the  said  city 
judge  shall  on  removal  by  certiorari,  be  affirmed  by  the  Supreme 
Court,  the  plaintiff  in  certiorari  shall  pay  to  the  defendant  all  costs 
on  such  suit  in  the  'Supreme  Court,  but  if  such  proceedings  be  re- 
versed, then  the  plaintiff  in  certiorari  shall  not  be  liable  to  pay  any 
costs;  the  provisions  of  this  section  and  of  the  last  preceding  section 
shall  extend  to  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  county  of  Union. 

26.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  whenever  hereafter  a greater  sum 
of  money  than  the  said  sum*  of  ten  thousand  dollars  shall,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  said  common  council  be  necessary  to  be  raised  in  any 
one  year  for  the  use  of  said  city,  then  in  such  case  the  said  common 
council  are  hereby  authorized  to  give  notice  to  the  inhabitants  of 
said  city,  by  advertisements  published  in  two  newspapers  printed 
in  the  said  city,  if  so  many  there  be,  at  least  fifteen  entire  days  be- 
fore the  day  of  holding  any  election  hereinafter  mentioned,  and  by 
printed  handbills  put  up  in  five  of  the  most  public  places  of  said  city 
for  a like  period,  that  an  election  will  be  held  at  the  time  and  place 
therein  mentioned,  the  said  time  and  place  to  be  designated  by  the 
said  common  council,  to  vote  such  a sum  of  money  to  be  raised  by 
tax  in  the  said  city  as  the  said  common  council  may  think  necessary 
to  be  raised  for  the  uses  of  the  said  city,  and  which  sum  of  money 
shall  be  stated  in  the  said  notice,  at  which  said  election  only  such 
persons  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  as  may  be  entitled  to  vote  at  any 
regular  annual  election  of  said  city,  the  voting  to  be  by  ballot,  writ- 
ten or  printed,  or  partly  written  or  partly  printed,  for  or  against  the 
sum  of  money  proposed  by  the  said  common  council  in  and  by  their 
said  notice,  which  said  ballot  shall  contain  the  word  “money,”  or 
the  words  “no  money;”  the  time  of  opening  and  closing  the  poll  at 


* See  Sec.  17. 


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such  election,  and  the  mode  and  manner  of  conducting  the  same, 
shall  be  as  is  prescribed  by  this  act  for  annual  elections,  and  every 
sum  of  money  so  voted  by  any  resolution  of  the  said  common  council 
to  be  raised  by  tax  in  the  said  city,  and  approved  of  by  a majority 
of  the  whole  number  of  lawful  ballots  cast  in  any  such  election,  shall 
be  assessed,  collected  and  regulated  according  to  the  thirty-fifth 
section  of  this  act,  excepting  so  far  as  relates  to  the  time  of  assessing 
and  collecting  said  taxes,  which  time  shall  be  fixed  by  the  common 
council.* 

27.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  said 
common  council  to  borrow  money  on  the  credit  and  in-  the  name  of 
said  city,  except  when  necessary  to  anticipate  the  collection  of  taxes, 
and  then  for  an  amount  never  to  exceed  in  the  aggregate  the  sum  of 

^ five  thousand  dollars,  or  for  a period  later  than  sixty  days  after  the 
taxes  for  the  current  year  are  finally  due;  and  every  such  temporary 
loan  or  loans  shall  be  fully  paid  and  redeemed  out  of  the  taxes  so 
collected.*  * 

28.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  duly  elected  members  of  the 
common  council  of  said  city  shall  assemble  in  the  council  chamber 
on  the  Thursday  eveningt  following  the  annual  city  election,  at 
the  hour  of  eight  o’clock,  for  the  purpose  of  having  the  official  oath 
or  affirmation  administered  to  them  respectively  by  the  mayor  or  city 
judge;  and  should  the  said  common  council  not  then  organize,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk  to  call  the  members  elected  togeth- 
er for  that  purpose,  within  ten  days  after  the  date  of  their  election. J 

29.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  every  ordinance  and  supplement 
to  an  ordinance  passed  by  the  common  council  of  said  city  shall, 
before  it  takes  effect  and  becomes  a law,  be  at  once  presented  to 
the  mayor  by  the  city  clerk,  with  a certification  by  said  clerk,  as  to 
the  date  of  such  presentation;  and  if  the  said  mayor  approve  of  it 
he  shall  sign  it,  if  not,  he  shall  return  it,  with  his  objections,  and 
file  it  and  them  with  said  clerk,  within  ten  days  after  he  received  it; 
and  the  said  common  council  shall,  at  its  first  meeting  thereafter, 
or  at  the  first  subsequent  meeting,  enter  the  said  objections  at  length 
upon  its  journal,  and  proceed  to  reconsider  such  returned  ordinance 
or  supplement,  and  if  a majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  said 
council  agree  to  pass  the  same,  it  shall  take  effect  and  become  a law; 
but,  in  every  such  case,  the  vote  shall  be  taken  by  ayes  and  noes, 
and  entered  upon  the  journals;  and  if  such  ordinance  or  supplement 
shall  not  be  returned  within  ten  days,  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  take 
effect  and  become  a law  in  like  manner  as  if  the  mayor  had  signed 

♦ See  Secs.  4 and  6,  Charter  Supplement,  1874. 

**See  Secs.  5 and  6,  Charter  Supplement,  1874. 

t Within  ten  days  after  election  or  appointment,  Sec.  2 of  Charter  Sup- 
plement, 1873. 

t See  Sec.  3,  Charter  Supplement,  1873. 


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it;  and  each  and  every  ordinance  of  supplement  so  passed,  as  afore- 
said, shall  be  attested  by  the  city  clerk  and  published  in'  two  news- 
papers printed  in  said  city,  if  so  many  there  be,  ten  days*  before 
such  ordinance  or  supplement  shall  go  into  effect;  and  similar  ten 
dayst  public  notice  shall  be  sufficient  for  the  intended  adoption 
by  the  said  common  council  of  any  ordinance,  supplement  or 
regulation. 

30.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  common  council  of  said  city, 
or  a majority  thereof,  shall  have  the  exclusive  right  and  power  to 
regulate  and  prohibit  the  sale  of  spirituous  and  fermented  liquors 
within  said  city  as  they  deem  most  conducive  to  the  public  good; 
no  person  or  persons  shall  in  any  manner  sell  or  dispose  of  spirituous 
or  fermented  liquors  unless  licensed  so  to  do  by  the  common  council; 
the  amount  of  assessment  to  be  paid  by  the  applicant  for  a license 
shall  be  fixed  by  the  said  common  council,  or  a majority  thereof, 
at  or  before  the  time  of  granting  such  license,  and  all  moneys  which 
may  be  derived  from  granting  such  licenses  shall  be  paid  to  the 
treasurer  for  the  use  of  said  city. 

31.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  common  council  of  said  city 
shall  have  the  sole  exclusive  power  of  licensing  all  circuses,  or  other 
shows  and  exhibitions  whatsoever,  proposed  to  be  performed  or  ex- 
hibited within  the  limits  of  said  city,  on  such  terms  and  subject  to 
such  restrictions  as  the  said  common  council  may  prescribe,  which 
said  power  of  licensing  the  said  common  council  may,  by  ordi- 
nance, J delegate  to  the  mayor  or  city  judge  of  said  city;  and  all 
moneys  which  may  be  derived  from  granting  such  licenses  shall  be 
paid  to  the  treasurer  for  the  use  of  said  city. 

32.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  common  council  of  said  city 
shall  have  power  by  ordinance  or  resolution,  to  grant  or  allow  such 
fees  or  compensation  to  the  several  officers  of  said  city  as  to  the 
said  council  shall  seem  necessary  and  proper;  provided,  that  the 
mayor  shall  not  receive  for  the  performance  of  his  official  duties  a 
sum  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars  per  annum;  and  that  the 
members  of  the  common  council  shall  not  receive,  directly  or  in- 
directly, any  compensation  for  the  performance  of  their  official 
duties. 

33.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  place  of  meeting  of  the  said 
common  council  shall  be  open  for  the  admission  of  all  peaceful  and 
orderly  persons  who  shall  be  desirous  of  being  present  while  the 
said  council  shall  be  in  session  on  public  business,  and  the  said  com- 


* Two  insertions  in  legal  newspapers  required  by  Chap.  226,  P.  L.  1881, 
p.  295.  See  also  Sec.  7,  Charter  Supplement,  1873. 
t Fourteen  days.  Sec.  5,  Charter  Supplement  of  1873. 

$ Ordinance  relating  to  Shows  and  Exhibitions — Approved  July  9.  1869; 
amended  November  10,  1884.  Also  ordinance  approved  Dec.  8,  1897. 


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mon  council  shall  have  full  power  to  enforce  the  preservation  of 
order. 

34.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  assessor  shall,  with  strict  im- 
partiality, assess  taxes  upon  all  persons  and  property  within  the  said 
city,  and  the  collector  shall  collect  the  same  at  such  time  and  in 
such  manner  as  the  assessors  and  collectors  of  townships  are  or  may 
be  required  by  law  to  assess  and  collect  taxes  in  townships. 

Provided,  That  all  lands  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  held  as 
farm  lands  and  not  for  building  purposes,  shall  be  valued  and  taxed 
as  farm  lands  in  the  same  manner  as  they  heretofore  were  taxed 
for  township  purposes. 

And  in  case  of  the  non-payment  of  taxes,  the  said  collector  shall 
return  on  the  first  day  of  December  annually,  the  names  of  all  delin- 
quents, with  the  sum  due  from  them,  respectively,  and  to  such  city 
magistrate  as  the  said  common  council  shall  by  ordinance  or  resolu- 
tion direct;  and  the  said  magistrate  shall  thereupon  issue  his  war- 
rant or  warrants  to  the  city  policemen  or  any  of  them,  or  such!^  other 
person  as  the  common  council  shall  for  that  purpose  nominate  and 
appoint,  requiring  him  or  them  to  levy  the  tax  so  in  arrears  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey  relative 
to  the  collection  of  taxes  in  townships. 

Pi'ovided  further.  That  the  said  collector  shall  not  be  entitled 
to  charge  fees  on  account  of  any  name  mentioned  in  said  warrant 
-or  warrants,  unless  the  tax  due  from  said  delinquent  be  actually 
collected,  and  that  all  real  estate  lying  within  the  limits  of  the  city 
shall  be  liable  to  be  assessed  and  taxed  for  city  purposes. 

35.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  commissioners  of  appeal,  in 
cases  of  taxation,  shall  meet  annually  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  Octo- 
ber, and  at  such  other  times  as  the  common  council  may  designate 
in  the  event  an  extra  tax  is  ordered  to  be  raised,  as  provided  for  in 
section  twenty-seven,  to  hear  and  determine  all  complaints  of  unjust 
taxation;  they  shall  sit  from  two  o’clock  P.  M.  until  five  o’clock 
P.  M.,  or  longer  if  found  necessary,  to  dispose  of  all  cases  submitted 
to  them  for  consideration,  and  shall  give  public  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  such  intended  meeting  in  two  newspapers  printed  in 
said  city,  if  so  many  there  be,  at  least  ten  days  previous  to  such 
assembling. 

36.  i\nd  be  it  enacted,  That  the  policemen  of  said  city  shall 
have  the  power  to  arrest  and  take  into  custody,  without  warrant, 
any  offenders  against  the  by-laws  and  ordinances  of  said  city,  and 
to  confine  said  offender  or  offenders  in  a place  provided  by  the  said 
common  council,  until  a hearing  can  be  had  before  the  mayor  or  the 
city  judge  of  said  city;  provided,  that  such  hearing  shall  be  held 
within  twenty-four  hours  after  the  arrest  of  such  offender  or  of- 
fenders, unless  such  arrest  is  made  after  two  o’clock  P.  M.,  on  Sat- 


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urdays,  in  which  case  the  hearing  shall  be  had  before  twelve  o’clock: 
M.,  on  the  following  Monday. 

37.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  all  actions  to  be  brought  under 
and  by  virtue  of  this  act,  may  be  brought  and  prosecuted  in  ^he 
name  of  “The  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,”  without  specify- 
ing the  individual  name  of  the  treasurer  of  said  city  for  the  time- 
being, and  the  book  of  records  of  the  ordinances  and  by-laws  of  the 
common  council  shall  be  taken  and  received  as  evidence  of  the  due 
passage,  by  said  common  council,  of  all  ordinances  and  by-laws  re- 
corded therein,  and  the  publication  by  the  authority  of  the  said 
common  council,  of  their  ordinances  and  by-laws  in  a volume  or 
pamphlet,  shall  in  like  manner  be  taken  and  received  as  evidence  of 
the  due  passage  thereof,  and  the  publication  of  the  said  ordinances- 
and  by-laws  in  the  public  newspapers  shall  be  presumed  to  have  been 
made  until  the  contrary  be  proved. 

38.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  upon  the  trial  of  any  issue,  or 
upon  the  judicial  investigation  of  any  fact  to  which  issue,  or  inves- 
tigation “The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield”  are  a party,  or 
in  which  they  are  interested,  no  person  shall  be  deemed  an  incom- 
petent witness  or  juror  by  reason  of  his  or  her  being  an  inhabitant 
of  said  city;  and  that  if  any  person  shall  be  sued  or  impleaded  by 
reason  of  anything  done  by  virtue  of  this  act,  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
such  person  to  plead  the  general  issue,  and  to  give  this  act  and  the 
special  matter  in  evidence  at  the  trial. 

39.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said 
common  council,  by  ordinance,  to  lay  out  or  open  any  street,  road 
or  highway,  in  any  part  of  the  said  city,  and  to  cause  any  street,- 
road,  highway,  or  alley  already  laid  out  in  any  part  of  the  said  city, 
to  be  vacated,  opened,  altered  or  widened  whensoever  and  so  often 
as  they  shall  judge  the  public  good  requires  the  same  to  be  done. 

And  the  said  common  council  shall  give  a written  or  printed 
notice  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  lands  or  real  estate,  with  the 
appurtenances,  necessary  to  be  taken  for  either  of  said  purposes,  or 
to  his,  her  or  their  legal  representatives,  of  their  intention  to  take 
such  land  or  other  real  estate  and  appurtenances,  and  appropriate- 
it  for  such  street,  road,  highway  or  alley,  and  shall  treat  with  such 
person  or  persons  for  the  same. 

And  if  any  such  person  or  persons  shall  refuse  to  treat  for  any 
such  land  or  other  real  estate,  with  the  appurtenances,  or  the  said 
common  council  cannot  agree  with  such  person  or  persoris  for  the- 
same,  then  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  common  council  to  appoint 
three  judicious  and  disinterested  citizens  of  said  city,  as  commis- 
sioners, to  make  an  estimate  and  assessment  of  the  damages  that 
any  such  owner  or  owners  will  sustain  by  opening,  laying  out,  alter- 
ing or  widening,  any  such  street,  road,  highway,  or  alley,  and  in 


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estimating  and  assessing  such  damages  the  said  commissioners  shall 
have  due  regard  as  well  to  the  value  of  the  land  and  other  real  es- 
tate with  the  appurtenances,  as  to  the  injury  or  benefit  of  the  owner 
or  owners  thereof,  by  laying  out,  altering  or  widening  any  such 
street,  road,  highway  or  alley. 

And  after  making  their  award  of  damages,  they  shall  deduct 
from  the  same  the  amount  of  the  estimated  benefits,  if  any,  to  the 
owner  or  owners,  or  occupiers;  and  if  in  any  case  the  commissioners 
» shall  estimate  the  said  benefits  to  be  greater  than  the  said  damages, 
they  shall  so  declare  it  in  their  report. 

Provided,  That  no  street,  road,  highway  or  alley  in  said  city 
shall  be  laid  out,  opened  or  extended  against  the  written  remon- 
strance of  those  persons  owning  a majority  in  interest  of  the  front- 
age land  lying  on  that  portion  of  the  street,  road,  high\vay  or  alley 
proposed  to  be  laid  out  or  opened. 

And  provided  further,  That  no  street,  road,  highway  or  alley 
that  is  now  or  may  hereafter  be  opened  shall  be  altered  or  widened 
against  the  written  remonstrance  of  those  persons  owning  one-half 
of  the  frontage  land  lying  on  the  street,  road,  highway  or  alley  pro- 
posed to  be  widened  or  altered,  said  remonstrance  to  be  presented 
and  filed  with  the  city  clerk  within  twenty  days  after  he  shall  have 
published  in  the  city  newspapers  the  intention  of  the  said  common 
council  to  pass  ordinances  authorizing  such  improvements  to  be 
made,  and  the  filing  of  such  remonstrance  with  the  city  clerk  shall 
be  deemed  and  taken  as  sufficient  evidence  of  such  remonstrance 
having  been  made. 

40.  And  be  it  enaeted.  That  the  said  commissioners,  before 
they  enter  upon  the  execution  of  the  duty  required  of  them  shall  be 
sworn  or  affirmed  before  the  mayor,  or  any  person  authorized  by  law 
to  administer  oaths,  to  make  the  assessment  and  estimate  submitted 
to  them  fairly  and  impartially,  according  to  the  best  of  their  skill 
and  judgment,  and  the  said  common  council  may  remove  such  com- 
missioners and  appoint  others  for  any  cause  that,  to  said  common 
council,  may  seem  just. 

41.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  said  common  council  shall 
appoint  a time  and  place  within  the  said  city  for  the  said  commis- 
sioners to  meet,  notice  thereof  shall  be  given  by  advertising  the  same 
in  two  newspapers  printed  in  the  city  of  Plainfield,  if  so  many  there 
be,  two  weeks  before  the  time  of  meeting,  which  notice  shall  specify 
the  street,  road,  highway  or  alley  proposed  to  be  laid  out,  altered 
or  widened,  the  alterations  propo^sed  to  be  made,  and  the  lands  or 
real  estate,  with  the  appurtenances,  intended  to  be  taken  for  such 
purposes,  and 

The  said  commissioners,  or  a majority  of  them  when  met,  shall 
have  power  to  swear  and  examine  witnesses,  and  shall  view  the 


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premises,  if  necessary,  and  make  just  and  true  estimates  and  assess- 
ments, and  report  their  proceedings  to  the  common  council,  sufficient- 
ly in  detail  to  enable  the  common  council  to  determine  the  principle 
upon  which  such  estimates  and  assessments  were  made. 

Such  report  shall  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk,  and  be  open  to 
the  inspection  of  the  public  for  ten  days,  previous  to  its  presentation 
to  the  common  council,  and  notice  of  such  filing  shall  be  published 
in  each  of  the  city  newspapers  ten  days  previous  to  such  presentation. 

Parties  interested  may  file  with  the  city  clerk  written  objections 
to  said  report,  stating  the  nature  and  extent  of  their  interest  and 
the  grounds  of  their  objections  to  it. 

All  such  objections  shall  be  filed  within  ten  days  after  the  first 
publication  of  the  notice  of  the  filing  of  the  report. 

The  said  commissioners  shall  have  full  power  to  reconsider  and 
change  their  report  if  objected  to,  or  if  they  refuse  so  to  do  either 
in  whole  or  in  part,  they  shall  deliver  such  objections  with  their 
report  to  the  common  council,  and  the  common  council  may  ratify 
the  action  and  report  of  the  commissioners,  or  alter  said  report, 
in  respect  to  the  matter  specified  in  the  objections,  or  the  said  com- 
mon council  may  recommit  the  report  to  the  commissioners  for 
further  consideration  in  respect  to  such  matters,  or  any  other  matter 
connected  therewith;  and  in  the  event  of  a recommitment,  the  said 
commissioners  shall,  as  far  as  may  be  necessary,  comply  with  all  the 
requirements  of  this  section. 

When  the  common  council  shall  have  taken  final  action  upon 
said  report,  it  shall  be  binding  and  conclusive  upon  the  owner  or 
owners  of  any  such  lands  or  real  estate,  with  appurtenances,  sub- 
ject only  to  the  appeal  hereinafter  given;  and  upon  payment  ol"  the 
damages  so  awarded,  or  upon  a tender  and  a refusal  thereof,  it  shall 
be  lawful  for  the  common  council  to  cause  the  said  land  or  real  es- 
tate, with  the  appurtenances,  to  be  converted  and  used  for  the  pur- 
poses aforesaid. 

Provided,  however,  that  any  person  or  persons,  conceiving  him- 
self, herself,  or  themselves  aggrieved  by  the  proceedings  of  said 
common  council,  may  appal  therefrom  to  the  Circuit  Court  of  the 
county  of  Union,  within  sixty  days  from  the  time  of  making  the 
final  order  of  the  common  council,  and  the  said  Circuit  Court  shall 
order  a trial  by  jury  to  assess  the  damages  sustained  by  the  party 
aggrieved,  the  trial  whereof  shall  be  conducted  as  in  other  cases 
of  trial  by  jury. 

Provided,  that  any  person  intending  to  appeal  as  aforesaid  snail 
notify  the  city  clerk  of  suc^  intended  appeal,  within  ten  days  after 
the  ratification  by  the  common  council  of  the  report  from  which 
such  appeal  is  intended. 

43.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  in  case  of  non-payment  v'ithin 


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sixty  days  after  the  estimates  and  assessments  shall  have  b«en  rati- 
fied by  the  common  council  of  any  damages  estimated  and  assessed, 
as  aforesaid,  with  interest  from  the  date  of  the  assessment,  and  in 
case  of  no  appeal  to  the  said  Circuit  Court,  as  aforesaid,  the  person 
or  persons  entitled  thereto  may  sue  for  and  recover  the  same  from 
the  said  city,  in  an  action  of  debt,  with  costs,  in  any  court  having 
cognizance  thereof,  and  the  said  proceedings  of  the  said  commis- 
sioners and  common  council,  or  the  award  of  the  said  jury,  as  the 
case  may  be,  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  against  the  defendants. 

43.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  in  order  to  provide  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  damages  assessed  as  aforesaid,  for  the  laying  out  and 
opening  any  street,  road  or  highway  in  the  said  city,  or  for  the 
altering  or  widening  of  any  street,  road,  highway  or  alley  already 
laid  out  in  the  said  city,  and  of  all  other  necessary  expenses  incident 
to  such  laying  out,  altering  or  widening,  the  said  common  council 
shall  ascertain  the  whole  amount  of  such  damages  and  expenses,  and 
shall  cause  to  be  made  a just  an4  equitable  assessment  thereof 
among  the  owners  and  occupants  of  all  the  lands,  tenements  and  real 
estate  benefitted  thereby,  in  proportion,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  to  the 
advantages  each  shall  be  deemed  to  acquire,  and  the  common  council 
shall  appoint  three  judicious  and  disinterested  citizens  of  said  city 
to  make  every  such  assessment,  who,  before  they  enter  upon  the 
execution  of  their  trusts,  shall  be  sworn  or  affirmed  before  any  per- 
son residing  in  said  city  authorized  by  law  to  administer  oatns,  to 
make  said  assessments  fairly,  according  to  the  best  of  their  skill  and 
judgment;  and 

A report  in  writing  of  such  assessment,  signed  by  a majority 
of  such  persons,  being  returned  to  the  common  council,  and  ratified 
by  them,  shall  be  binding  and  conclusive  upon  the  owners  and  occu- 
pants of  such  lands,  tenements  and  real  estate  to  be  assessed  re- 
spectively;* and 

Such  owners  or  occupants  shall  also  respectively,  on  demand, 
pay  to  such  persons  as  shall,  be  authorized  by  the  said  common  coun- 
cil to  receive  the  same,  the  sums  at  which  such  lands,  tenements  and 
real  estate  shall  be  assessed,  to  be  applied  to  the  payment  of  the 
damages  and  expenses  of  laying  out,  altering  or  widening  the  said 
street,  road,  highway  or  alley  as  aforesaid;  and 

On  default  of  such  payment,  or  any  part  thereof,  it  shall  be 
lawful  for  the  mayort  of  said  city,  by  direction  of  the  common 
council,  to  issue  a warrant  under  the  common  seal,  to  levy  the  same 
by  distress  and  sale  of  the  goods  and  chatties  of  such  owner  and 
occupant  refusing  or  neglecting  to  pay  the  same,  rendering  the  over- 


* See  Sec.  11,  Charter  Supplement,  1874. 

t City  Judge  may  issue  warrant. — Sec.  6,  Charter  Supplement  of  1873. 


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plus,  if  any,  after  deducting  the  charges  of  such  distress,  to  such 
owner  or  occupant,  or  his  or  her  legal  representatives. 

Provided,  always,  that  nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall 
affect  any  agreement  between  landlord  and  tenant  respecting  the 
payment  of  any  such  charges,  but  they  shall  be  answerable  to  each 
other  in  the  same  manner  as  if  this  supplement  had  not  passed. 

And  further,  if  any  such  assessment  or  any  part  thereof,  shall 
be  paid  to  any  person,  when  by  agreement  or  by  law  the  same  ought 
to  have  been  borne  or  paid  by  some  other  person,  then  it  shall  be 
lawful  for  the  person  paying  the  same  to  sue  for  and  recover  the 
same,  with  interest  and  costs  of  suit  before  any  court  having  cogniz- 
ance thereof,  as  so  much  money  paid  for  the  use  of  the  person  who 
ought  to  have  paid  the  same;  and  the  assessment  aforesaid  and  proof 
of  payment  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  in  said  suit;  and 

In  all  cases  where  there  is  no  argreement  to  the  contrary,  the 
owner  or  landlord,  and  not  the  occupant  or  tenant,  shall  be  deemed 
the  person  who  ought  in  law  to  bear  and  pay  every  such  assessment. 

All  the  provisions  of  section  forty-one  relating  to  the  form  of 
the  report  and  filing  of  the  same  with  the  city  clerk,  and  giving 
notice  thereof,  and  the  subsequent  proceedings  thereon,  as  far  “as 
the  same  may  be  applicable,  shall  be  regarded  as  appertaining  to 
this  section. 

44.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  in  case  any  assessment  made  as 
aforesaid  shall  not  have  been  complied  with,  by  the  payment  of  the 
sums  thereby  assessed,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  council 
to  cause  the  same  to  be  advertised  in  one  or  more  public  newspapers 
printed  in  said  city  for  at  least  one  month,  requiring  the  owner  or 
occupants  of  such  lands,  tenements  and  real  estate  respectively,  to 
pay  the  sums  at  which  the  same  shall  have  been  assessed,  to  the 
treasurer  of  said  city;  and 

In  default  of  such  payment,  such  lands,  tenements  and  real 
estate  will  be  sold  at  public  auction,  to  ^satisfy  such  assessment,  and 
the  interest,  costs,  charges  and  expenses  thereof;  and 

If,  notwithstanding  such  notice,  the  said  owners  or  occupants 
shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  pay  such  assessment,  and  the  expenses  of 
such  advertisement,  then  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  said 
common  council  to  cause  to  be  collected  the  amounts  of  said  assess- 
ments, for  the  benefits  so  n^ade,  as  aforesaid,  upon  any  lands  or  real 
estate,  with  the  interest,  costs,  charges  and  expenses  by  a 
sale  of  said  lands  and  real  estate,  as  hereinafter  provided;  and 
to  cause  public  notice  thereof  to  be  given  for  the  space  of  four  weeks, 
by  setting  up  advertisements  of  such  sale  in  five  public  places  in  said 
city,  and  publishing  the  same  in  one  or  more  public  newspapers 
printed  and  published  in  said  city,  for  the  term  above  mentioned, 


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being  the  four  weeks  next  preceding  such  sale,  which  notices  sliaU 
be  signed  by  the  city  clerk,  and  shall  contain  a brief  description  of 
the  premises  to  be  sold,  and  for  what  purpose,  and  the  amount  of 
said  assessment  against  the  same,  with  the  costs,  charges,  and  ex- 
ponses,  and  the  day,  hour,  and  place  of  such  sale;  and 

It  shall  be  lawful  to  sell  said  land  and  premises  at  public  auc- 
tion for  the  shortest  term,  not  exceeding  one  hundred  years,  for 
which  any  person  or  persons  will  agree  to  take  the  same  and  pav 
such  assessment,  interest,  costs,  charges  and  expenses,  and  to  cause 
to  be  executed  under  the  common  seal  of  said  city  a certificate  of 
said  sale,  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  purchaser  or  purchasers  there- 
of, within  ten  days  after  such  sale. 

Provided,  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  sell  the  same  until  six 
months*  after  the  completion  and  return  of  said  assessment,  nor 
until  the  owner  or  owners  of  said  real  estate  be  personally  notified 
to  pay  said  assessment,  if  non-resident,  and  their  place  of  residence 
may  be  found  with  reasonable  diligence. 

45.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  owner,  mortgag^-e,  occup?nt, 
or  any  person  or  persons  having  a legal  or  equitable  interest  in  any 
lands  or  real  estate  sold  for  assessments,  as  aforesaid,  may  redeem 
the  same  at  any  time  within  two  years  from  the  time  of  such  sale, 
by  paying  to  the  city  treasurer,  for  the  use  of  the  purchaser,  his 
heirs  or  assigns,  the  said  purchase  money  together  with  any  other  as- 
sessment properly  chargeable  thereon,  and  which  the  purchaser  may 
have  paid,  with  the  interest  on  said  purchase  money  at  the  rate  of 
twelve  per  centum  per  annum  from  the  time  of  such  sale,  or  from 
the  time  of  such  payments;  and  the  certificate  of  said  treasurer, 
stating  the  payment  and  showing  what  property  such  payment  is 
intended  to  redeem,  shall  be  evidence  of  such  redemption,  which 
sum  of  money,  so  paid,  the  said  treasurer  shall  cause  to  be  refunded 
to  the  purchaser,  his  heirs  and  assigns. 

46.  And  be  it.  enacted.  That  if  any  lands  or  real  estate  so  sold 
shall  not  be  redeemed  as  by  this  act  provided,  the  common  council 
shall  execute  to  the  purchaser,  his  legal  representative  or  assigns,  a 
declaration  of  sale  under  their  common  seal,  signed  by  the  mayor,  at- 
tested by  the  city  clerk,  containing  a description  of  the  premises,  the 
fact  of  assessment,  advertisement  and  sale,  the  date  of  ^he  sale,  and 
the  period  for  which  the  premises  were  sold,  which  declaration  .shall 
be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk,  and  until  the  sam.e  shall 
have  been  recorded,  such  lands  and  real  estate  may  bo  redeemed  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  notwithstanding  the  period  of  two  years  may 
have  expired  from  the  time  of  said  sale;  and 

Such  declaration  of  sale  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  that  such 


Sixty  days — Sec.  9,  Charter  Supplement  of  1874. 


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sale  and  proceedings  were  regularly  made  according  to  the  i)ro- 
visions  of  this  act,  and  such  purchaser  or  purchasers,  and  his  and 
their  legal  representatives,  shall  by  virtue  thereof  lawfully  hold  and 
enjoy  such  lands  and  real  estate,  with  the  rents,  issues  and  profits 
thereof,  for  his  and  their  own  jiroper  use  against  the  owner  or  ov/n- 
ers  thereof,  and  all  persons  claiming  under  him  or  them,  until  the 
term  shall  be  completed  and  ended  for  which  the  purchaser  or  pur- 
chasers may  have  agreed  to  take  the  same;  and  at  the  expiration  of 
said  term  shall  peaceably  and  quietly  yield  up  such  lands  and  real 
estate  to  the  lawful  owner  or  owners  thereof,  and  shall  be  liable 
for  any  injury  or  waste  by  him  or  them  done  or  committed  therein, 
in  the  same  manner  as  the  tenant  for  a term  of  years. 

Provided,  That  whenever  satisfactory  evidence  shall  be  pro- 
duced to  the  common  council  that  any  lands  so  sold  belong  to  an 
idiot,  lunatic  or  infant,  for  whose  estate  no  guardian  shall  have  been 
appointed,  the  said  common  council  shall  direct  the  mayor  and  city 
clerk  to  postpone  the  execution  of  a declaration  of  sale  of  such  lands 
until  at  least  four  months  after  they  shall  have  evidence  that  such 
disability  has  been  removed,  or  guardian  or  trustee  to  their  estate 
appointed,  and  until  the  expiration  of  said  four  months,  such  guard- 
ian or  trustee  or  person  whose  disability  has  been  removed  may  re- 
deem such  lands  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

47.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk 
to  record  in  proper  books  kept  for  that  purpose  all  certificates  of 
sale  and  assignment  thereof,  to  give  certificates  of  search  in  relation 
thereto,  to  any  person  applying  for  the  same,  and  to  cancel  such 
certificates  of  sales  and  assignments  thereof,  so  recorded,  when  the 
land  and  real  estate  for  which  they  were  given  shall  be  redeemed  on 
certificate  of  the  city  treasurer  of  such  redemption,  and  to  file  such 
certificate  in  his  office;  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  treasurer  to 
make  out  two  receipts  for  all  property  redeemed,  one  for  the  person 
redeeming,  and  one  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk. 

48.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  amount  of  any  assessment  shall 
be  and  remain  a lien  on  the  lot  or  lots  assessed  from  the  time  of 
the  completion  and  return  of  such  assessment  in  manner  aforesaid, 
until  the  same  shall  be  paid  and  satisfied,  and  that  it  shall  be  law- 
ful for  the  said  common  council,  instead  of  the  remedies  hereinabove 
provided,  if  they  shall  see  fit,  in  case  of  a refusal  or  neglect  to  pay 
an  assessment  made  as  aforesaid,  to  sue  for  and  recover  the  amount 
of  such  assessment  from  the  person  or  persons  who,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  supplement  ought  to  pay  for  the  same,  or  his,  her  or 
their  legal  representatives,  with  interest  and  costs  of  suit,  in  any 
court  of  this  State  having  cognizance  thereof,  in  an  action  on  the 
case  for  so  much  money  by  them  paid,  laid  out  and  expended  for 


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such  person  or  persons,  his,  her  or  their  legal  representatives;  and 
the  said  assessment  shall  be  conclusive  for  the  plaintiff  in  every  such 
action. 

49.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  no  street,  road,  highway  or  alley 
hereafter  to  be  laid  out  or  opened  in  said  city  shall  be  recognized, 
considered  or  treated  as  a public  street  or  highway,  road  or  alley, 
unless  the  same  be  laid  out  and  opened  under  the  direction  of  the 
said  common  council  in  manner  aforesaid. 

50.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  in  case  any  owner  or  owners  of 
any  land  or  real  estate  necessary  to  be  taken  for  the  laying  out, 
opening,  altering  or  widening  any  street,  road,  highway  or  alley  in 
the  said  city  shall  be  non  compos  mentis,  or  out  of  the  State,  or  can- 
not be  found  on  reasonable  inquiry,  and  no  agent  or  legal  repre- 
sentative of  such  owner  can,  on  like  inquiry,  be  found  in  this  State, 
then  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  council  of  said  city  to  pro- 
ceed to  the  appointment  of  the  commissioners  mentioned  and  pro- 
vided for  in  the  fortieth  section  of  this  act,  after  publishing  in  a 
newspaper  printed  in  said  city,  for  the  space  of  two  weeks,  at  least 
once  in  each  week,  a notice  of  the  intention  of  said  common  council 
to  take  such  land  or  real  estate  and  appropriate  it  for  such  street, 
road,  highway  or  alley. 

51.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  in  case  the  common  council  and 
the  owner  of  any  such  land  or  real  estate  shall  agree  upon  the  sum 
to  be  paid  therefor,  such  sum  shall  constitute  a part  of  the  whole 
amount  of  damages  and  expenses  to  be  assessed  under  and  in  pur- 
suance of  the  provisions  named  in  section  forty-four  of  this  act. 

52.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  in  case  the  owner  or  owners  of 
any  lands,  tenements  or  real  estate  mentioned  in  the  forty-fourth 
section  of  this  act,  be  under  age,  non  compos  mentis,  out  of  the  State, 
or  cannot  be  ascertained  on  reasonable  inquiry  made  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  common  council,  and  the  assessment  made  on  such 
lands,  tenements  or  real  estate  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of 
said  forty-fourth  section,  remain  unpaid  for  the  space  of  thirty  days 
after  the  same  shall  be  made,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common 
council,  without  demand  from  such  owner  or  owners,  to  proceed  to 
the  advertisement  first  mentioned  in  the  forty-fifth  section  of  this 
act,  and  the  sale  provided  for  in  said  section  in  the  manner  in  said 
section  pointed  out. 

.53.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  it  shall  be  no  valid  objection 
against  laying  out  or  opening  any  highway,  street  or  road  in  said 
city,  that  the  ending  point  of  the  same  is  not  in  a public  highway; 
proAided,  the  same  be  laid  out  or  opened  in  conformity  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  supplement. 

.54.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the 


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common  council  of  said  city  to  make  and  establish  ordinances  and 
regulations  for  the  paving  or  macadamizing  of  any  street  or  section 
of  a street  and  for  curbing,  grading,  paving,  flagging,  graveling, 
cementing  or  planking  of  any  sidewalks,  in  any  street  or  section  of  a 
street  in  said  city,  by  the  owners  or  occupants  of  lands,  tenements  or 
real  estate  fronting  on  or  adjoining  such  street  or  section  of  a street, 
and  to  appoint  one  or  more  discreet  and  skilful  person  or  persons 
to  superintend  the  said  work  and  prescribe  the  manner  in  which 
the  same  shall  be  performed,  and  to  enforce  such  ordinances  and 
regulations  by  enacting  penalties  for  non-compliance  therewith. 

Provided,  That  before  any  such  ordinance  or  regulation  shall 
be  adopted  by  the  said  common  council,  notice  of  such  intended 
action  shall  be  published  by  the  city  clerk  in  two  newspapers  printed 
in  said  city,  if  so  many  there  be,  for  the  period  of  at  least  fourteen 
days.* 

55.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  if  the  owner  or  owners  of  any 
lands,  tenements  or  real  estate,  in  front  whereof  the  street  shall, 
by  such  ordinance  or  regulation  be  directed  to  be  paved  or  macad- 
ized,  or  the  sidewalk  curbed,  graded,  paved,  flagged,  graveled,  ce- 
mented or  planked,  shall  neglect  to  comply  with  such  ordinance  or 
regulation,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  common  council  to  cause 
such  improvement  to  be  made  at  the  expense  of  the  city  on  account 
of  the  owners  of  such  real  estate,  and  the  amount  paid  by  the  city 
for  such  work  shall  be  a lien  on  such  real  estate  from  the  time  of 
its  completion,  and  shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  twelve  per 
centum  per  annum  from  the  date  of  payment  by  the  city. 

Such  amount  paid  or  agreed  to  be  paid  for  such  work  shall  be 
regarded  as  an  assessment,  and  the  said  common  council  shall  cause 
an  advertisement  to  be  inserted  in  two  newspapers  printed  in  said 
city,  if  so  many  there  be,  for  three  weeks  at  least,  stating  the  amount 
of  such  assessment  and  requiring  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  lands, 
tenements  or  real  estate  to  pay  the  same  to  the  treasurer  of  said  city, 
appointing  a day  and  place  when  and  where  such  lands,  tenements, 
or  real  estate  will  be  sold  at  public  auction,  if  default  shall  be  made 
in  such  payment,  for  the  lowest  term  of  years  at  which  any  person 
shall  offer  to  take  the  same,  in  consideration  of  advancing  the  sum 
assessed,  as  aforesaid;  and 

If  notwithstanding  such  notice  and  demand,  the  owner  or  own- 
ers of  such  lands,  tenements  or  real  estate  shall  neglect  to  pay  such 
assessment,  with  costs  and  charges  thereof,  and  of  the  said  adver- 
tisement or  advertisements,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  common 
council  to  cause  such  lands,  tenements  or  real  estate  to  be  sold  at 
public  auction  for  a term  at  the  time,  for  the  purposes  and  in  the 


* See  Sec.  S,  Charter  Supplement,  1S74. 


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manner  expressed  in  said  advertisement,  and  to  give  a declaration 
of  such  sale  to  the  purchaser  thereof,  under  the  common  seal  of  said 
city;  and 

Such  purchaser,  his  or  her  executors,  administrators  or  assigns, 
shall  by  virtue  thereof,  and  of  this  act,  from  and  after  the  expiration 
of  the  term  hereinafter  named  for  redemption  lawfully  hold  and 
enjoy  the  same  for  his,  her  and  their  own  proper  use  against  the 
owner  or  owners  and  all  claiming  under  him,  her  or  them,  until  his, 
her  or  their  term  therein  shall  be  fully  completed  and  ended,  and  be 
at  liberty  to  remove  all  the  buildings  and  materials  which  he,  she 
or  they  shall  erect  or  place  thereon;  but  he,  she  or  they  shall  Idave 
such  lands,  tenements  or  real  estate,  at  the  expiration  of  the  term, 
in  sufficient  fence,  and  the  sidewalk  in  front  thereof  in  the  order 
required  by  such  ordinance  or  regulation. 

Provided,  That  if,  after  defraying  the  actual  expense  of  paving 
or  macadamizing  the  street,  or  of  curbing,  grading,  paving,  flagging, 
graveling,  cementing  or  planking  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  any  lands, 
tenements  or  real  estate  so  sold,  as  aforesaid,  in  the  manner 
directed  by  such  ordinance,  or  regulation,  and  deducting  all  reason- 
able charges  attending  the  sale,  a surplus  of  the  purchase  money 
shall  remain  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  of  said  city,  the  same 
shall  forthwith  be  paid  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  lands,  tene- 
ments or  real  estate,  or  his,  her  or  their  legal  representatives. 

And  provided  further,  That  the  lands,  tenements  or  real  estate 
so  sold  may  be  redeemed  by  the  owner,  mortgagee,  occupant  or 
person  interested  therein,  or  by  any  other  person  for  and  in  behalf 
of  the  owner,  mortgagee  or  claimant  of  such  lands,  tenements  or 
real  estate,  at  any  time  within  two  years  after  the  sale  for  assess- 
ments, by  paying  to  the  treasurer  of  said  city,  for  the  use  of  the 
said  purchaser,  the  purchase  money,  together  with  any  other  sum 
paid  for  taxes  or  assessments  'which  the  said  purchaser  may  have 
paid,  chargeable  on  such  lands,  tenements  or  real  estate,  and  which 
he  is  hereby  authorized  to  do,  with  interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of 
fifteen  per  centum  per  annum  in.  addition  thereto;  and  the  cer- 
tiflcate  of  the  treasurer  of  said  city  stating  the  payment,  showing 
what  lands,  tenements  or  real  estate  such  payment  is  intended  to 
redeem,  shall  be  evidence  of  such  redemption. 

56.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  amount  of  the  assessment  or 
estimate  to  be  made,  as  aforesaid,  on  any  lands,  tenements  or  real 
estate  in  said  city,  shall  be  and  remain  a lien  thereon  from  the  time 
of  the  completion  and  return  of  such  assessment  or  estimate,  in 
manner  aforesaid,  until  paid  or  otherwise  satisfled;  and 

That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  council  of  said  city, 
instead  of  the  remedy  hereinafter  stated,  if  they  shall  see  fit,  in  case 
the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  lands,  tenements  or  real  estate  within 


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the  city  shall  neglect  to  comply  with  such  ordinance  or  regulation  in* 
respect  to  the  street  or  the  sidewalk  in  front  thereof,  to  sue  for  and 
recover,  in  the  name  of  the  treasurer  of  said  city,  the  amount  of 
such  assessment  or  estimate  and  costs  thereof  from  the  owner  or 
owners  or  such  lands,  tenements  or  real  estate,  or  his,  her  or  their 
legal  representatives,  with  interest  and  costs,  before  the  mayor  or 
city  judge  of  said  city,  or  in  any  court  having  cognizance  thereof, 
in  an  action  on  the  case  for  so  much  money  by  them  paid,  laid  out 
and  expended,  to  and  for  the  use  of  such  owner  or  owners,  or  his, 
her  or  their  legal  representatives;  and  in  every  such  action  the  said 
assessment  or  estimate,  with  the  proof  of  the  amount  paid,  shall  be 
conclusive  evidence  for  the  plaintiff. 

57.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  if  the  tenant  or  tenants  of  any 
lands,  tenements  or  real  estate  within  said  city  shall  cause  the  street 
in  front  thereof  to  be  paved  or  macadamized,  or  the  sidewalk  to  be 
curbed,  graded,  paved,  flagged,  graveled,  cemented  or  planked  in 
obedience  to  such  ordinance  or  regulation,  at  his,  her  or  their  own 
expense,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  him,  her  or  them  to  deduct  the  same 
out  of  the  rent,  or  recover  the  same  from  the  landlord  or  owner  or 
owners,  or  his,  her  or  their  legal  representatives,  with  interest  and 
costs,  in  an  action  on  the  case,  before  the  mayor  or  the  city  judge 
of  said  city,  or  in  any  court  having  cognizance  thereof,  for  so  much 
money  by  him,  her  or  them  paid,  laid  out  and  expended  to  and  for 
his,  her  or  their  use;  provided,  that  nothing  in  this  act  shall  affect 
any  contract  or  agreement  made  or  to  be  made  between  landlord  and- 
tenant  respecting  such  charges  or  expenses. 

58.  And  be  it  enaeted.  That  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for 
the  common  council  of  said  city  to  cause  stone  walks  to  be  laid  across 
any  street  at  the  general  expense  of  said  city. 

59.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for 
the  common  council  Of  said  city  to  speciflcally  deflne  by  ordinance 
the  manner  in  which  all  assessments  shall  be  levied  and  collected, 
and  to  make  such  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  into  effect 
the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  this  act;  that  any  assessment  by 
virtue  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  of  the  act  and  supplement, 
thereto,  to  which  this  is  a supplement,  shall  bear  interest  at  the 
rate  of  twelve  per  centum  per  annum,  from  the  day  tne  same  is  rati- 
fled  by  the  city  council,  and  not  before,  and  shall  continue  and 
remain  a lien  upon  the  lands  and  real  estate  so  assessed  until  the 
said  assessment,  with  the  interest  and  expenses  accruing  thereon,., 
shall  be  paid  or  the  amount  therof  discharged  by  the  sale  of  the  said 
lands  or  real  estate  by  the  city. 

60.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  all  expenses  for  improvements  in 
paving  or  macadamizing  any  street  or  portion  of  a street  shall  be' 
assessed  upon  and  paid  by  the  lands  and  real  estate  fronting  on  such 


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street  or  portion  of  a street;  all  expenses  for  grading,  curbing, 
flagging,  planking  or  cementing  sidewalks  shall  be  paid  by  the 
owners  of  the  real  estate  in  front  of  which  such  sidewalks  are  thus 
improved;  all  expenses  for  the  construction  of  sewer  or  under- 
drains shall  be  assessed  upon  all  the  lands  and  real  estate  lying  with- 
in the  district  drained  by  such  sewer  or  under-drains  in  proportion 
to  the  benefit  received;  all  expenses  for  improvements  in  opening, 
altering,  widening  and  grading  streets,  and  for  grading  sidewalks, 
where  such  grading  is  included  in  a contract  for  grading  the  streets, 
adjoining  such  sidewalks,  shall  be  assessed  upon  and  paid  by  the 
lands  and  real  estate  benefited  by  the  same  in  proportion  to  the 
benefit  received. 

61.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  common  council  of  said  city 
may  make  and  establish  ordinances  providing  for  the  assessment  of 
the  cost  of  grading  and  paving  any  street  intersections,  upon  the 
owners  of  lands  and  real  estate,  to  the  center  of  the  block  each  way 
from  the  intersection  thus  improved. 

62.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  whenever  any  street,  or  part  of 
any  street  in  the  said  city,  occupied  or  used  by  the  track  of  any 
railroad  company,  shall  require  to  be  altered  or  widened  for  the 
convenience  of  public  travel,  or  graded,  paved  or  macadamized,  and 
proceedings  for  altering  or  widening,  or  grading,  paving  or  macad- 
amizing the  same  shall  have  been  taken  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  commissioners  appointed  by  the  city 
council,  and  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  make  a just  and  equitable 
assessment  of  the  whole  amount  of  the  costs,  damages  and  expenses 
of  such  altering  or  widening,  and  the  costs,  and  expenses  of  such 
grading,  paving  or  macadamizing  among  the  owners  of  all  the  lands 
and  real  estate  benefitted  thereby,  to  assess  such  portion  of  said 
costs,  damages  and  expenses  upon  the  corporation  or  company  own- 
ing or  using  said  railroad  track  as  shall  to  them  seem  equitable  and 
just,  and  such  assessment  shall  be  lien  upon  any  property  of  said 
corporation  or  company  in  the  city  of  Plainfield,  and  may  also  be 
enforced  in  the  same  manner  as  the  assessment  upon  such  owners 
of  land  and  real  estate  benefited  thereby.  - 

63.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  whenever  any  ordinance  shall  be 
passed  by  the  common  council  for  making  any  improvements  or  per- 
forming any  work  in  relation  to  the  opening,  altering  or  widening 
of  any  street,  the  construction  of  any  sewer  or  drain,  the  widening, 
leveling,  grading,  curbing,  guttering,  paving,  flagging,  graveling  or 
planking  any  street  or  sidewalk,  all  further  action  which  may  be 
necessary  to  carry  out  and  complete  such  improvement  or  work, 
and  all  orders  relating  thereto,  may  be  done  by  resolution  and  not 
by  ordinance. 

64.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  no  street,  road,  highway  or  alley. 


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or  any  portion  thereof  within  said  city  shall  be  paved  or  macada- 
mized by  any  process  or  with  any  material,  whether  patented  or 
not,  against  the  written  remonstrance  of  a majority  of  all  the  front- 
age ownership  of  land  lying  on  said  street,  or  portion  of  a street, 
road,  highway  or  alley  proposed  to  be  thus  improved,  and  that  when- 
ever the  common  council  of  said  city  shall  determine  to  cause  any 
street,  or  section  of  any  street,  road,  highway  or  alley  to  be  paved 
or  macadamized,  then  a majority  in  interest,  as  specified  in  this  sec- 
tion, may  agree  with  the  contractor  or  contractors  for  doing  the 
work  as  to  the  price  to  be  paid  for  the  proposed  improvement,  and 
such  stipulated  amount  as  agreed  upon  shall  be  the  price  paid  for 
the  work  when  completed. 

Provided,  however,  the  agreement  as  to  the  price  to  be  paid 
between  the  property  owners  and  the  contractor  or  contractors  shall 
be  made  within  the  time  fixed  in  the  ordinance  adopted  by  the  com- 
mon council  providing  for  the  contemplated  improvement,  and  if  for 
any  reason  the  property  owners  fail  to  agree  with  the  contractor  or 
contractors  within  the  time  specified  in  the  ordinance,  as  aforesaid, 
then  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  council  to  make  the  contract 
with  the  contractor  or  contractors,  and  order  the  work  done. 

65.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  whenever  the  common  council  of 
said  city  shall  determine  to  cause  any  street  improvement  to  be  made 
which  shall  contemplate  the  use  of  any  patented  process  or  mater- 
ials, and  the  owners  of  one-half  of  the  property  in  running  feet 
along  the  line  of  the  intended  improvement  shall  remonstrate,  in 
writing,  against  the  use  of  any  specified  patent,  in  making  such 
improvement,  or  petition  for  the  use  of  any  specified  patent,  the  said 
common  council  shall  cause  the  said  work  to  be  done  in  accordance 
with  the  request  of  such  proportions  of  owners. 

66.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  this  act  shall  be  taken  and  deemed 
to  be  a public  act,  and  may  at  any  time  be  amended,  altered  or 
appealed  by  the  legislature  of  this  state;  provided,  that  all  amend- 
ments or  alterations  relating  to  the  raising  of  money  by  loan  or 
taxation  shall  before  taking  effect,  be  submitted  to  the  electors  of 
said  city,  and  be  approved  by  a majority  thereof,  voting  by  ballot, 
at  an  election  held  in  conformity  with  the  requirements  of  this  act 
relating  to  annual  elections. 

67.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  incon- 
sistent with  the  provisions  of  this  act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed;  but  this  repeal  shall  not  affect  any  proceeding  had  or 
commenced  under  the  same  when  this  act  takes  effect,  nor  any  rights 
or  dues  which  the  City  of  Plainfield  or  any  person  or  persons  were 
entitled  to  by  virtue  thereof. 

68.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  imme- 
diately. 


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CHARTER  SUPPLEMENT 

Approved  April  1,  1873.  P.  L.  1873.  P.  482. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  That  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  ordinances 
of  said  city  there  may  be  imposed  a fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  or  either  fine  or 
imprisonment,  as  the  court  having  jurisdiction  may  decide  and 
whenever  an  imposed  fine  is  twenty  dollars  or  under  there  shall  not 
be  granted  a trial  by  jury.* 

2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  official  oaths  or  affirmations  under 
the  charter  to  which  this  is  a supplement,  may  be  administered  by 
either  the  mayor  or  city  judge,  and  all  such  oaths  or  affirmations 
shall  be  taken  within  ten  days  after  the  day  of  election  or  appoint- 
ment. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  duly  elected  members  of  the 
common  council  of  said  city  shall  meet  in  the  council  chamber  on 
the  first  Monday  in  January,  at  the  hour  of  eight  o’clock  p.  ni.,  for 
the  purpose  of  organizing  for  the  transaction  of  business,  and  should 
the  said  common  council  not  then  organize,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  city  clerk  to  call  the  members  together  for  that  purpose  within 
ten  days  thereafter. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  city  assessor  shall  with  strict 
impartiality  assess  taxes  upon  all  persons  and  property  within  the 
said  city,  between  the  first  day  of  May  and  the  first  day  of  July, 
annually,  and  the  city  collector  shall  collect  the  same  between  the 
first  day  of  July  and  the  first  day  of  September,  annually,  and  shall 
on  the  first  Monday  in  September,  annually,  return  to  the  city 
judge  the  names  of  all  delinquents  with  the  sums  due  from  them 
respectively;  and  the  time  for  the  commissioners  of  appeal  in  cases 
of  taxation  to  meet  shall  be  on  the  fourth  Tuesday  in  July,  annually. 

5.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  fourteen  days  from  the  date  of  first 
publication  shall  be  sufficient  public  notice  of  the  intended  adoption 
by  the  common  council  of  any  ordinance,  supplement  or  regula- 
tions. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  in  addition  to  the  mayor  of  said 
city  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  city  judge  by  direction  of  the  common 
council,  to  issue  a warrant  as  section  forty-three  of  the  act  to  which 
this  is  a supplement  provides. 

7.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  each  and  every  ordinance  or  sup- 
plement when  approved  by  the  mayor  or  finally  adopted  by  the 
common  council,  shall  be  of  legal  effect  ten  days  after  the  date  of 
one  publication  thereof  in  each  of  the  official  newspapers  printed  in 
said  city. 


*See  Sec.  3,  Charter  Supplement,  1874. 


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8.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  city  judge  shall  have  all  the 
rights,  powers  and  jurisdiction  that  justices  of  the  peace  have  for 
the  trial  of  civil  actions  before  them;  he  shall  be  elected  to  serve  for 
three  years;  his  court  shall  be  a court  of  record,  the  proceedings  in 
which  shall  be  the  same  as  in  courts  for  the  trial  of  small  causes 
and  subject  to  the  same  laws  as  far  as  applicable;  judgments  ren- 
dered in  said  court  may  be  appealed  from  in  all  cases  in  which 
appeals  are  allowed  in  courts  for  the  trial  of  small  causes  in  the 
same  manner,  and  the  common  council  shall  provide  a suitable  and 
convenient  place  where  the  court  of  the  city  judge  may  be  held.* 

9.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  common  council  of  said  city 
may  provide  by  a general  ordinance  that  if  any  party  be  convicted 
of  violating  any  of  its  ordinances,  and  shall  fail  or  neglect  to  pay 
the  fine  prescribed  for  such  violation  and  the  costs  of  suit  within 
two  days  after  conviction,  the  city  judge  may  in  his  discretion  cause 
•such  party  to  be  committed  to  the  county  jail  until  such  fine  and  the 
costs  are  paid  or  for  any  period  not  exceeding  ten  days,t  but  this 
contingency  alone  shall  not  entitle  any  party  to  a jury  trial. 

10.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  no  writ  of  certiorari  shall  be 
granted  unless  the  party  applying  therefor  shall  present  to  the  cir- 
cuit judge  and  file  with  the  clerk  of  the  court,  before  the  issuing 
of  the  writ,  a statement  under  oath,  of  the  reasons  on  which  the 
application  for  the  writ  is  based,  and  the  argument  on  the  writ  shall 
be  had  only  on  such  reasons  and  at  the  same  term  of  court  to  which 
It  is  made  returnable,  unless  the  court  or  judge  granting  such  writ 
shall  allow  further  time. 

11.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  incon- 
sistent with  the  provisions  of  this  act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed. 

12.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  this  act  shall  be  deemed  and  taken 
to  be  a public  act  and  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


CHARTER  SUPPLEMENT 

Approved  March  18,  1874 — P.  Tj.  1874,  p.  302. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  xlssembly  of  the 
■state  of  New  Jersey,  That  the  mayor  shall  nominate  and,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  common  council,  appoint  all  of- 
ficers of  the  city  not  required  to  be  elected,  except  city  clerk  and 
janitor  of  the  council  chamber,  and  that  no  evidence  of  indebtedness 
against  the  city  shall  be  valid  unless  signed  by  him. 


* See  Sec.  7,  Charter  Supplement,  1874. 

t Sixty  days’  imprisonment — Sec.  3,  Charter  Supplement,  1874. 


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2.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  common  council  shall  have  full 
-power  to  pass  ordinances: 

To  prevent  and  punish  injuries  to  public  lamps: 

To  abate  or  remove  nuisances  of  every  kind,  and  to  compel  the 
owner  or  occupants  of  any  lot,  house,  building,  shed  or  place,  wherein 
may  be  carried  on  any  business  or  calling,  or  in  or  upon  which  there 
may  exist  any  matter  or  thing  which  is  or  may  be  detrimental  to  the 
health  of  the  inhabitants,  to  cleanse,  remove  or  abate  the  same, 
from  time  to  time,  as  often  as  they  may  deem  necessary  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  owner  or  occupants  thereof: 

To  offer  and  pay  rewards  for  the  apprehension  and  conviction 
of  persons  engaged  in  the  commission  of  crime,  or  in  violation  of 
any  of  the  city  ordinances. 

Every  conviction  had  before  the  city  judge,  either  with  or  with- 
out a jury  trial,  shall  be  reviewed  by  writ  of  certiorari  and  not 
otherwise;  such  writ  to  be  allowed,  heard  and  determined  by  the 
presiding  judge  of  the  circuit  court  of  Union  county. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  common  council  may  prescribe 
by  ordinance  what  shall  be  the  extreme  penalty  for  each  violation 
of  any  of  its  ordinance  what  shall  be  the  extreme  penalty  for  each 
violation  of  any  of  its  ordinances;  such  penalty  shall  not  exceed  one 
hundred  dollars  fine,  or  sixty  days’  imprisonment,  or  both,  and  the 
• court  having  jurisdiction  of  suits  brought  for  the  enforcement  of 
said  ordinances  may,  in  its  discretion,  impose  the  same  or  any  less 
penalty  than  that  prescribed  by  said  common  council;  and  if  the  fine 
imposed  be  not  paid,  the  party  convicted  of  any  such  violation  may 
be  committed  by  the  judge  of  said  court,  in  his  discretion,  to  the 

-city  or  county  jail,  or  such  other  place  as  the  common  council  may 
provide,  for  any  period  not  exceeding  twenty  days;  no  judgment  for 
the  violation  of  any  ordinance  shall  be  reversed  for  any  imperfection, 
omission,  defect  in  or  lack  of  form,  nor  for  any  error  except  such  as 
shall  or  may  have  prejudiced  the  defendant  in  maintaining  his  de- 
fence upon  the  merits. 

4.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the 
common  council  of  said  city  to  order  and  cause  to  be  assessed  and 
collected  by  tax  in  any  one  year,  for  the  current  expenses  of  said 
city  and  all  other  objects  and  purposes  authorized  by  the  act  to 
which  this  is  a supplement  not  otherwise  and  specially  provided  for, 
such  sum  of  money  as  a percentage  of  forty  cents  on  each  hundred 
dollars  of  assessed  valuation  upon  all  persons  and  property  within 
said  city  will  produce,  which  sum  of  money  shall  be-in  lieu  of  all 
other  taxation  authorized  or  contemplated  by  the  act  to  which  this 
is  a supplement,  and  shall  be  assessed  upon  the  same  basis  of  valua- 
tion and  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  the  assessors  and  collec- 


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tors  of  townships  are  or  may  be  by  law  required  to  assess  and  colloct 
the  state  and  county  taxes,  and  which  money,  when  collected,  shall 
be  paid  into  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  of  said  city  and  be  hold  by 
him  subject  to  the  order  of  said  common  council,  and  in  no  event 
shall  the  percentage  of  taxation  herein  named  be  increased,  but  the 
same  may  be  reduced  at  the  pleasure  of  the  said  common  council. 

5.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common 
council  of  said  city  to  authorize  and  direct  the  mayor  and  city  treas- 
urer to  borrow  on  the  credit  and  in  the  name  of  said  city,  in  antici- 
pation of  the  collection  of  taxes  in  any  one  year  the  sum  of  seven 
thousand  dollars  five  hundred  dollars,  and  every  such  temporary 
loan  shall  be  fully  paid  and  redeemed  out  of  the  moneys  first  re- 
ceived from  the  year’s  tax  collection  so  anticipated. 

6.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  sections  seventeen,  twenty-six  and 
twenty-seven  of  the  act  to  which  this  is  a supplement  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed;  provided,  sections  four  and  five  of  this 
are  ratified  by  a popular  vote,  and  all  other  parts  of  said  act  and 
supplements  thereto  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  be 
and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

7.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  name  of  the  court  in  which  the 
City  Judge  shall  hear  causes,  shall  be  called  the  City  Court  of  Plain- 
field;  in  proceedings  for  the  enforcement  of  city  ordinances;  he  shall 
have  the  same  powers  as  in  the  trial  of  civil  actions;  the  impression 
of  a seal,  the  device  of  which  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  common 
council,*  upon  any  process  or  paper  signed  by  him  shall  be  sufficient 
for  all  purposes,  at  the  time'  specified  in  any  process  returnable  be- 
fore him  or  to  which  any  matter  was  adjourned  he  may  proceed  to 
hear  and  dispose  thereof;  whenever  it  shall  be  necessary  to  give  evi- 
dence of  a judgment  or  other  proceedings  before  him  the  entry  of 
such  judgment  or  other  proceeding  on  his  docket  or  a transcript 
thereof,  certified  by  him  under  his  hand  and  seal,  shall  be  sufficient 
evidence  thereof. 

8.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  wherever,  in  sections  fourteen,  fifty- 
four,  fifty-five,  fifty-seven,  sixty  and  sixty-two,  of  the  act  to  which  this 
is  a supplement,  the  words  “paving  or  macadamizing’’  or  the  words 
“paved  or  macadamized’’  are  used  the  same  shall  read  “paving, 
graveling  or  macadamizing,”  or  “paved,  graveled  or  macadamized,” 
as  the  case  may  be. 

9.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  where  the  words  “six  months”  occur 
in  the  last  paragraph  of  section  forty-four  of  the  act  to  which  this 
is  a supplement,  the  same  shall  be  altered  so  as  to  read  “sixty  days.” 

10.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  the  last  paragraph  of  section  forty- 
three  of  the  act  entitled  “An  act  to  amend  the  Charter  of  the  City  of 


* Device  adopted  April  1.3,  1874. 


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Plainfield,”  approved  April  fourth,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
seventy-two,  is  hereby  amended  by  substituting  the  words  “forty-one” 
for  the  words  “forty-two.” 

11.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  hereafter  the  Commissioners  ap- 
pointed to  estimate  and  assess  the  damages  that  any  owner  or  owners 
of  lands  or  real  estate,  with  the  appurtenances  will  sustain,  by  open- 
ing and  laying  out,  altering  or  widening  any  street,  road,  highway  or 
alley  in  the  city  of  Plainfield,  shall  also  ascertain  all  other  necessary 
expenses,  incident  to  such  laying  out,  opening,  altering  or  widening, 
and  shall  also  discharge  and  perform  all  other  duties  now  required 
to  be  performed  by  the  commissioners  provided'for  by  section  forty- 
three  of  the  act  to  which  this  is  a supplement. 

12.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  this  act  shall  be  deemed  and  taken 
to  be  a public  act,  and  shall  take  effect  immediately,  except  so  much 
thereof  as  relates  to  the  raising  of  money  by  taxation  and  loans, 
which  portion  shall  become  of  effect  when  ratified  by  a majority  of 
the  ballots  cast  by  the  legally  qualified  voters  of  said  city,  at  an  elec- 
tion to  be  regularly  called  'and  held  by  direction  of  said  common 
council. 

13.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  incon- 
sistent with  the  provisions  of  this  act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed. 


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AN  ACT 

FOR  THE  RELIEF  OF  THE  CITY^  OF  PLAINFIELD. 

Approved  March  19,  1874.  P.  L.  1874,  p.  330. 

Supplement  to  an  Act  to  Amend  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  Plain- 
field,  approved  April  Fourth,  One  Thousand  Eight  Hundred  and 
Seventy-two.  Approved  March  18,  1874. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  That  whenever  by  reason  of  any  informality  or 
illegality  in  any  proceedings  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  of 
Plainfield,  or  of  the  commissioners  of  assessments,  surveyors,  or 
other  agent  of  the  common  council  or  officers  of  the  city,  in  laying 
out,  opening,  altering,  widening,  or  closing  streets,  avenues,  or  pub- 
lic squares,  or  in  grading,  altering  the  grade,  paving,  curbing,  gut- 
tering and  flagging  the  sidewalks  of  any  street  or  avenue,  or  con- 
structing any  sewer  or  drain,  any  assessments  shall  be  set  aside  by 
judicial  authority,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  common  council  to  re- 
institute the  proceedings  set  aside  upon  the  same  basis  upon  which 
the  original  proceedings  were  based,  or  otherwise  if  they  shall  see  fit 
so  to  do  and  lawfully  proceed  therein  the  same  as  though  the  former 
proceedings  had  not  been  had,  or  the  said  common  council  may  rein- 
stitute said  proceedings  from  the  point  where  such  informality  or  il- 
legality may  have  been  so  decreed,  and  whenever  the  common  coun- 
cil shall  discover  that  any  such  proceedings  are  liable  to  be  set  aside 
by  judicial  authority  they  may  reinstitute  said  proceedings  from  the 
point  where  such  informality  or  illegality  commences  and  no  assess- 
ment shall  be  deemed  invalid  in  consequence  thereof,  but  no  writ  of 
certiorari  shall  be  allowed  or  issue  to  remove  and  assessment  made 
upon  the  owner  or  owners  of  land  and  real  estate  for  any  work  or  im- 
provement made  or  to  be  made,  unless  the  same  be  applied  for  within 
six  months  after  the  confirmation  of  such  assessment  by  the  com- 
mon council  of  said  city,  and  this  section  shall  apply  as  well  to  all 
proceedings  heretofore  set  aside  by  judicial  authority  by  reason  of 
any  informality  or  illegality  as  to  those  which  may  hereafter  be  so 
set  aside. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immed- 
iately. 


Approved  March  19,  1874. 


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AN  ACT 

IN  RELATION  TO  THE  EXTENSION  OF  THE  BOUNDARIES  OF 
THE  CITY  OF  PLAINFIELD. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  That  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  shall  be 
and  the  same  are  hereby  extended  on  the  northeasterly  line  by  con- 
tinuing the  said  line  in  the  center  of  the  Terrell  road  in  a south- 
easterly direction  to  the  center  of  the  road  intersecting  the  same  at 
the  Jackson  school-house;  thence  along  the  center  of  said  last  men- 
tioned road  in  a southwesterly  direction  to  the  road  known  as  the 
extension  of  Leland  avenue;  thence  in  a southerly  course  to  the  in- 
tersection of  the  Randolph  road  with  the  Short  Hill  road;  and  also  to 
extend  the  southwesterly  boundary  of  said  city  so  as  to  include 
within  the  city  limits  all  that  portion  of  the  township  of  Plainfield 
lying  between  the  present  southwesterly  boundary  of  said  city  and 
the  counties  of  Somerset  and  Middlesex. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  township  of  Plainfield  is  hereby 
abolished;  that  the  assessor  and  collector  of  said  township  elected 
or  appointed  shall  remain  in  and  perform  the  duties  of  their  re- 
spective offices  for  the  term  for  which  they  were  elected  or  appoint- 
ed, after  which  the  assessor  and  collector  of  said  city  shall  have  the 
same  powers  and  perform  the  duties  as  the  assessor  and  collector  of 
said  township  are  now  required  to  perform. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immed- 
iately. 

Approved  March  6,  1878. 


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GENERAL  ORDINANCES  of  the 
CITY  of  PLAINFIELD,  N.  J. 

EXCLUSIVE  of  the  BUILDING 
CODE 


IN  EFFECT  JANUARY  1,  1912 


PUBLISHED  by  AUTHORITY  of  the 
COMMON  COUNCIL 


GENERAL  ORDINANCES 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  PLAINFIELD 


IN  EFFECT  JANUARY  1ST,  1912. 


An  Ordinance  Dividing  the  City  of  Plainfield  into  Wards. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  City  of  Plainfield  is  hereny  divided  into 
four  wards. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  first  ward  shall  comprise  all  the  territory,  and 
its  inhabitants,  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  lying  northwest  of  the  cen- 
ter line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey, 
and  northeast  of  a line  running  from  the  intersection  of  the  center 
line  of  Cherry  street,  or  Park  avenue,  with  the  Central  Railroad  of 
New  Jersey  to  the  central  line  of  Front  street,  and  thence  along  the 
center  line  of  Front  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of 
Somerset  street,  and  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Somerset  street 
to  the  boundary  line  of  the  city  in  the  middle  of  Green  Brook. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  second  ward  shall  comprise  all  the  territory, 
and  its  inhabitants,  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  lying  southeast  of  the 
center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jer- 
sey and  northeast  of  the  central  line  of  Cherry  street,  or  Park  ave- 
nue, from  its  intersection  with  the  Central  Railroad  southeasterly 
to  the  city  boundary  line. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  third  ward  shall  comprise  all  the  territory, 
and  its  inhabitants,  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  lying  southeast  of  the 
center  line  of  Fourth  street  and  southwest  of  the  center  line  of 
Cherry  street,  or  Park  avenue,  in  said  city. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  fourth  ward  shall  comprise  all  the  territory, 
and  its  inhabitants,  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  lying  northwest  of  the 
center  line  of  Fourth  street  and  southwest  of  the  center  line  of 
Cherry  street,  or  Park  avenue,  commencing  where  the  same  inter- 
sects the  center  line  of  Fourth  street  and  running  thence  to  the 
center  of  Front  street,  and  thence  continuing  along  the  center  of 


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Front  street  to  the  intersection  of  Somerset  street;  and  thence  along 
the  center  of  Somerset  street  to  the  boundary  line  of  the  city  in  the 
middle  of  Green  Brook. 

Sec.  6.  That  at  the  annual  city  or  charter  elections  hereafter 
held  in  the  City  of  Plainfield,  there  shall  be  elected  by  and  from 
among  the  inhabitants  of  each  of  the  said  wards  two  counCilmen, 
one  Justice  of  the  Peace,  if  there  is  a vacancy  in  the  office  of  Justice 
of  the  Peace  in  said  ward  to  be  filled  at  such  election,  one  J udge  of 
Election,  one  Clerk  of  Election  and  two  Inspectors  of  Election  for 
each  of  the  polling  districts  in  said  wards;  and  there  shall  also  be 
elected  by  and  from  among  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  at  large  three 
Conncilmen  and  the  other  general  city  officers  whose  election  is  not 
herein  specifically  provided  for  by  wards.* 

Approved  July  12,  1881. 

Amended  by  Ordinance  approved  July  7,  1909. 


An  Ordinance  Fixing  the  Boundaries  of  Election  Distidcts, 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common 
Council,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  First  Ward  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  is 
hereby  divided  into  four  election  districts  with  boundaries  as  here- 
inafter specified  to  be  known  respectively  as  the  first,  second,  third 
and  fourth  election  districts  of  the  First  Ward. 

Sec.  2.  The  first  election  district  of  the  First  Ward  shall  in- 
clude all  the  territory  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in  that 
portion  of  the  First  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue 
and  the  center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of 
New  Jersey,  and  running  thence  in  a northeasterly  direction  along 
the  center  line  of  said  right  of  way  to  the  center  line  of  Washington 
Street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Washington  Street  in  a north- 
westerly direction  to  the  center  line  of  East  Front  Street;  thence 
along  the  center  line  of  East  Front  Street  in  a southwesterly  direc- 
tion to  the  center  line  of  Elm  Place;  thence  along  the  center  line  of 
Elm  Place  in  a northwesterly  direction  to  the  City  Line  in  Green 
Brook;  thence  along  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook  in  a southwesterly 
direction  to  the  center  line  of  Somerset  Street;  thence  along  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Somerset  Street  in  a southeasterly  direction  to  the  center 
line  of  Front  Street;  thence  along  the  centre  line  of  Front  Street  in 
a northeasterly  direction  to  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue;  thence 
along  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue  in  a southeasterly  direction  to 


* See  P.  L.  1883,  p.  38.  P.  L.  1908,  p.  129. 


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the  center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New 
Jersey,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  second  election  district  of  the  First  Ward  shall 
include  all  the  territory  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  First  Ward  bounded  and  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Elm  Place 
and  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook  and  thence  running  in  a south- 
easterly direction  along  the  center  line  of  Elm  Place  to  the  center 
line  of  East  Front  Street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  East  Front 
Street  in  a northeasterly  direction  to  the  center  line  of  Washing- 
ton Street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Washington  Street  in  a 
southeasterly  direction  to  the  center  line  of  East  Third  Street; 
thence  along  the  center  line  of  East  Third  Street  in  a northeasterly 
direction  to  the  center  line  of  Richmond  Street;  thence  along  the 
center  line  of  Richmond  Street  and  Norwood  Avenue  in  a north- 
westerly direction  to  tJie  City  Line  in  Green  Brook;  thence  along 
the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook  in  a southwesterly  direction  to  the 
center  line  of  Elm  Place,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  4,  That  the  third  election  district  of  the  First  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  contained 
in  that  portion  of  the  First  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Norwood 
Avenue  and  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook;  thence  along  the  center 
line  of  Norwood  Avenue  and  Richmond  Street  in  a southeasterly 
direction  to  the  center  line  of  East  Third  Street;  thence  along  the 
center  line  of  East  Third  Street  in  a southwesterly  direction  to  the 
center  line  of  Washington  Street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of 
Washington  Street  in  a southeasterly  direction  to  the  center  line 
of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey;  thence 
along  the  center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of 
New  Jersey  in  a northeasterly  direction  to  the  center  line  of  Berck- 
man  Street;-  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Berckman  Street, 
in  a northwesterly  direction  to  the  center  line  of  East  Front 
Street;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  East  Front  Street  in 
a northeasterly  direction  to  the  center  line  of  Farragut  Road; 
thence  along  the  center  line  of  Farragut  Road  in  a northwesterly 
direction  to  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook;  thence  along  the  City 
Line  in  Green  Brook  in  a southwesterly  direction  to  the  center  line 
of  Norwood  Avenue,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  fourth  election  district  of  the  First  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  contained 
in  that  portion  of  the  First  Ward  lying  northeast  of  the  center  line 
of  Farragut  Road  and  the  center  line  of  Berckman  Street,  and  south- 


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east  of  the  center  line  of  East  Front  Street  between  Farragut  Road 
and  Berckman  Street,  being  all  that  portion  of  the  First  Ward  not 
included  in  the  First,  Second  and  Third  Districts  thereof. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  Second  Ward  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  is  here- 
by divided  into  four  election  districts  with  boundaries  as  hereinaf- 
ter specified  to  be  known  respectively  as  the  first,  second,  third  and 
fourth  election  districts  of  the  Second  Ward. 

Sec.  7.  That  the  first  election  district  of  the  Second  Ward  shall 
include  all  the  territory  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Second  Ward  bounded  and  described  as  follows; 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue 
and  the  center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of 
New  .Jersey  and  running  thence  in  a southeasterly  direction  along 
the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue  to  the  center  line  of  Cedar  Brook; 
thence  in  a northerly  direction  along  the  center  line  of  Cedar  Brook 
to  the  center  line  of  Watchung  avenue;  thence  in  a westerly  direc- 
tion along  the  center  line  of  Watchung  Avenue  to  the  center  line 
of  Franklin  Place;  thence  in  a northerly  direction  along  the  center 
line  of  Franklin  Place  to  the  center  line  of  East  Seventh  Street; 
thence  in  a southwesterly  direction  along  the  center  line  of  East 
Seventh  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Washington  Street;  thence  in 
a northwesterly  direction  along  the  center  line  of  Washington  Street 
to  the  center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of 
New  Jersey;  thence  in  a southwesterly  direction  along  the  center 
line  of  the  said  right  of  way  to  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue, 
the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  8.  That  the  second  election  district  of  the  Second  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Second  Ward  bounded  and  described  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue 
and  the  center  line  of  Cedar  Brook  and  running  thence  in  a south- 
easterly direction  along  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue  to  the  City 
Line;  thence  in  an  easterly,  northerly  and  northeasterly  direc- 
tion along  the  City  Line  to  a point  where  the  same  would  be  inter- 
sected by  the  center  line  of  Putnam  Avenue  if  extended;  thence 
in  a westerly  direction  along  the  center  line  of  Putnam  Avenue  as 
thus  extended  and  as  opened  to  the  center  line  of  Franklin  Place; 
thence  in  a southerly  direction  along  the  center  line  of  Franklin 
Place  to  the  center  line  of  Watchung  Avenue;  thence  in  an  east- 
erly direction  along  the  center  line  of  Watchung  Avenue  to  the 
center  line  of  Cedar  Brook;  thence  in  a southwesterly  direction 
along  the  center  line  of  Cedar  Brook  to  the  center  line  of  Park 
Avenue,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  9.  That  the  third  election  district  of  the  Second  Ward  shall 


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include  all  the  territory  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Second  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Washington 
Street  and  the  center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Rail- 
road of  New  Jersey;  thence  in  a southeasterly  direction  along  the 
center  line  of  Washington  Street  to  the  center  line  of  East  Seventh 
Street;  thence  in  a northeasterly  direction  along  the  center  line  of 
East  Seventh  street  to  the  center  line  of  Franklin  Place;  thence  in  a 
southeasterly  direction  along  the  center  line  of  Franklin  Place  to  the 
center  line  of  Putnam  Avenue;  thence  along  the  center  line  of  Put- 
nam avenue  in  an  easterly  direction  to  the  center  line  of  Berckman 
Street  as  projected;  thence  in  a northwesterly  direction  along  the 
center  line,  of  Berckman  Street  as  projected  and  as  opened  to  the 
center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jer- 
sey; thence  in  a southwesterly  direction  along  the  center  line  of  the 
right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey  to  the  center 
line  of  Washington  Street,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  10.  That  the  fourth  election  district  of  the  Second  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  contained 
in  that  portion  of  the  Second  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  a point  in  the  center  line  of  Berckman  Street 
where  the  same  intersects  the  center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the 
Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey;  thence  running,  in  a southeasterly 
direction  along  the  center  line  of  Berckman  Street  as  opened  and 
as  projected  to  the  center  line  of  Putnam  Avenue;  thence  in  easterly 
direction  along  the  center  line  of  Putnam  Avenue  as  the  same 
would  run  if  extended  in  its  present  course  to  the  City  Line;  thence 
in  a northeasterly  and  northwesterly  direction  along  the  City  Line 
to  the  center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of 
New  Jersey;  thence  in  a southwesterly  direction  along  the  center  line 
of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey  to  the 
center  line  of  Berckman  Street,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  11.  That  the  Third  Ward  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  is  here- 
by divided  into  four  election  districts  with  boundaries  as  herein- 
after specified  to  be  known  respectively  as  the  first,  second,  third 
and  fourth  election  districts  of  the  Third  Ward. 

Sec.  12.  That  the  first  election  district  of  the  Third  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  contained 
in  that  portion  of  the  Third  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Fourth 
Street  and  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue;  running  thence  along^ 


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the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue  in  a southeasterly  direction  to  the 
center  line  of  West  Seventh  Street;  thence  southwesterly  along 
the  center  of  West  Seventh  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Plainfield 
Avenue;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  Plainfield 
Avenue  to  the  center  line  of  Fifth  Street;  thence  northeasterly 
along  the  center  line  of  Fifth  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Liberty 
Street;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  Liberty  Street 
to  the  center  line  of  Fourth  Street;  thence  northeasterly  along  the 
center  line  of  Park  Avenue,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  13.  That  the  second  election  district  of  the  Third  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Third  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described  as 
follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Park  Ave- 
nue and  the  center  line  of  Seventh  Street;  running  thence  along 
the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue  in  a southeasterly  direction  to  the 
City  Line;  thence  in  a westerly  direction  along  the  City  Line  to 
the  center  line  of  Plainfield  Avenue;  thence  in  a northerly  and  north- 
westerly direction  along  the  center  line  of  Plainfield  Avenue  to  the 
center  line  of  West  Seventh  Street;  thence  in  a northeasterly  di- 
rection along  the  center  line  of  West  Seventh  Street  to  the  center 
line  of  Park  Avenue,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  14.  ^That  the  third  election  district  of  the  Third  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Third  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described  as 
follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Fourth  Street 
and  the  center  line  of  Liberty  Street;  running  thence  along  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Fourth  Street  in  a southwesterly  direction  to  the  center 
line  of  Grant  Avenue;  thence  in  a southeasterly  and  southerly  direc- 
tion along  the  center  line  of  Grant  Avenue  to  the  City  Line;  thence 
in  an  easterly  direction  along  the  City  Line  to  the  center  line  of 
Plainfield  Avenue;  thence  along  a northerly  and  northwesterly  direc- 
tion along  the  center  line  of  Plainfield  Avenue  to  the  center  line  of 
West  Fifth  Street;  thence  in  a northeasterly  direction  along  the 
center  line  of  West  Fifth  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Liberty  Street; 
thence  in  a northwesterly  direction  along  the  center  line  of  Libery 
Street  to  the  center  line  of  Fourth  Street,  the  point  or  place  of  be- 
ginning. 

Sec.  15.  That  the  Fourth  election  district  of  the  Third  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Third  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described  as 
follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Fourth 


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Street  and  the  center  line  of  Grant  Avenue;  running  thence  along 
the  center  line  of  Fourth  Street  in  a southwesterly  direction  to  the 
City  Line;  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  along  the  City  Line  to  the 
center  line  of  Grant  Avenue;  thence  in  a northerly  and  northwest- 
erly direction  along  the  center  line  of  Grant  Avenue  to  the  center 
line  of  Fourth  Street,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  16.  That  the  Fourth  Ward  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  is 
hereby  divided  into  six  election  districts  with  boundaries  as  here- 
inafter specified  to  be  known  respectively  as  the  first,  second,  third, 
fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  election  districts  of  the  Fourth  Ward. 

Sec.  17.  That  the  first  election  district  of  the  Fourth  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Fourth  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Somerset 
Street  and  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook;  thence  along  the  center 
line  of  Somerset  Street  in  a southeasterly  direction  to  the  center 
line  of  Front  Street;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  center  line  of 
Front  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue;  thence  south- 
easterly along  the  center  line  of  Park  Avenue  to  the  center  line  of 
West  Fourth  Street;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  center  line  of 
West  Fourth  Street  to  the  center  line  of  New  Street;  thence  north- 
westerly along  the  center  line  of  New  Street  to  the  center  line  of 
West  Front  Street;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  center  line  of 
West  Front  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Washington  Avenue;  thence 
northwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  Washington  Avenue  to  the 
City  Line  in  Green  Brook;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  City  Line 
in  Green  Brook  to  the  center  line  of  Somerset  Street,  the  point  or 
place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  18.  That  the  second  election  district  of  the  Fourth  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Fourth  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook 
and  the  center  line  of  Washington  Avenue,  thence  southeasterly 
along  the  center  line  of  Washington  Avenue  to  the  center  line  of 
West  Front  Street;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  center  line  of 
West  Front  Street  to  the  center  line  of  New  Street;  thence  south- 
easterly along  the  center  line  of  New  Street  to  the  center  line  of 
West  Fourth  Street;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  center  line 
of  West  Fourth  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Plainfield  Avenue; 
thence  northwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  Plainfield  Avenue  to 
the  center  line  of  West  Front  Street;  thence  southwesterly  along 
the  center  line  of  West  Front  street  to  the  center  line  of  Geraud 


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Avenue;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  Geraud  Ave- 
nue to  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook;  thence  northeasterly  along 
the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook  to  the  center  line  of  Washington  Ave- 
nue, the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  19.  That  the  third  election  district  of  the  Fourth  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Fourth  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Geraud  Ave- 
nue and  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook;  thence  southeasterly  along 
the  center  line  of  Geraud  Avenue  to  the  center  line  of  West  Front 
Street;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  center  line  of  West  Front 
Street  to  the  center  line  of  Plainfield  Avenue;  thence  southeasterly 
along  the  center  line  of  Plainfield  Avenue  to  the  center  line  of  West 
Fourth  Street;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  West 
Fourth  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Grant  Avenue;  thence  north- 
westerly along  the  center  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and  the  center  line 
of  West  End  Avenue  to  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook;  thence 
northeasterly  along  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook  to  the  center  line 
of  Geraud  Avenue,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  20.  That  the  Fourth  election  district  of  the  Fourth  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  theerof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Fourth  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  City  Line  in  Green  Brook 
and  the  center  line  of  West  End  Avenue;  thence  southeasterly  along 
the  center  line  of  West  End  Avenue  and  the  center  line  of  Grant 
Avenue  to  the  center  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Rail- 
road of  New  Jersey;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  center  line  of 
said  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey  to  the 
City  Line;  thence  westerly  along  the  City  Line  to  the  City  Line 
in  West  Front  'Street;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  City  Line  in 
West  Front  Street  to  the  City  Line  in  Jefferson  Avenue;  thence 
northwesterly  along  the  City  Line  in  Jefferson  Avenue  to  the  City 
Line  in  Green  Brook;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  City  Line  in 
Green  Brook  to  the  center  line  of  West  End  Avenue,  the  point 
or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  21.  That  the  fifth  election  district  of  the  Fourth  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  thereof  contained 
in  that  portion  of  the  Fourth  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Grant  Ave- 
nue and  the  center  line  of  West  Fourth  Street;  thence  southwesterly 
along  the  center  line  of  West  Fourth  Street  to  the  center  line  of 


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Monroe  Avenue;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  Mon- 
roe Avenue  to  a point  where  the  same  would  intersect  the  center 
line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey  if 
extended;  thence  northeasterly  along  the  center  line  of  said  right 
of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey  to  the  center  line 
of  Grant  Avenue;  thence  southeasterly  along  the  center  line  of 
Grant  Avenue  to  the  center  line  of  West  Fourth  Street,  the  point 
or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  2 2.  That  the  sixth  election  district  of  the  Fourth  Ward 
shall  include  all  the  territory  and  inhabitants  thereof  contained  in 
that  portion  of  the  Fourth  Ward  which  is  bounded  and  described 
as  follows: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  West  Fourth 
Street  and  the  center  line  of  Monroe  Avenue;  thence  northwest- 
erly along  the  center  line  of  Monroe  Avenue  to  a point  where  the 
same  would  intersect  the  line  of  the  right  of  way  of  the  Central 
Railroad  of  New  Jersey  if  extended;  thence  southw'esterly  along 
the  center  line  of  said  right  of  way  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New 
Jersey  to  the  City  Line;  thence  easterly  along  the  City  Line  to  the 
center  line  of  West  Fourth  Street;  thence  northeasterly  along  the 
center  line  of  West  Fourth  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Monroe 
Avenue,  the  point  or  place  of  beginning. 

Sec.  23.  That  an  ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  to  Re- 
adjust the  Boundaries  of  Election  Districts,”  approved  December  29, 
1897,  as  amended,  and  all  other  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances 
which  conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Adopted  by  the  Common  Council  June  5,  1911;  approved  by 
the  Mayor  June  6,  1911. 

GEORGE  W.  V.  MOY, 

Attest:  Mayor. 

J.  T.  MacMURRAY, 

City  Clerk. 


An  Ordinance  to  Regulate  the  Appointment  and  Tenure  of  Office  of 
Appointable  Officers. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfleld,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  nominate  to 
the  Common  Council,  and,  subject  to  its  approval,  appoint  on  the 
first  day  of  January  in  each  year,  a suitable  person  for  each  officer 
of  the  city,  appointable  by  the  Mayor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  Common  Council;  and  every  person  so  nominated  and 


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appointed  for  any  city' office,  when  confirmed  by  the  Common  Coun- 
cil, and  officially  qualified,  shall  enter  upon  the  duties  of  the  office 
to  which  he  is  nominated  and  appointed,  and  unless  sooner  removed 
shall  continue  in  such  office  until  the  first  day  of  January  next  ensu- 
ing, or  until  the  confirmation  of  another  person  nominated  and  ap- 
pointed to  succeed  him. 

Sec.  2.  If  any  nomination  and  appointment  by  the  Mayor  for 
any  city  officer  shall,  upon  vote  thereon  of  the  Common  Council  be 
not  confirmed,  or  in  case  any  vacancy  in  any  city  office  shall  occur 
at  any  time,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  nominate  to  the 
Common  Council,  and  subject  to  its  approval,  appoint  at  each  suc- 
-ceeding  regular  or  adjourned  meeting  a different  person  for  such  of- 
^ fice,  not  before  nominated  for  such  office  during  the  then  current 

year,  until  a nomination  or  appointment  for  such  office  shall  be  con- 
firmed. 

Sec.  3.  Any  city  officer  nominated  and  appointed  by  the  Mayor 
and  confirmed  by  the  Common  Council  may  upon  complaint  of  any 
citizen  be  removed  from  office  at  any  time  by  the  affirmative  vote  of 
a majority  of  the  members  of  the  Common  Council,  for  neglect  of 
duty  or  misconduct  in  office;  but  before  any  such  removal,  the  offi- 
cer charged  with  any  such  neglect  or  misconduct  shall  be  informed 
of  the  complaint  against  him,  and,  if  he  so  desire,  shall  have  an  op- 
portunity to  be  heard  concerning  the  same  before  the  Common 
•Council  at  such  time  and  place  as  the  Common  Council  may  appoint 
and  designate  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  4.  All  ordinances  and  resolutions  and  parts  of  ordinances 
and  resolutions,  which  conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
^ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed  and  abrogated. 

Sec.  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

Approved  December  13,  1877. 

Amended  by  Ordinances  approved  August  5,  1884,  and  June  7, 
1910. 


An  Ordinance  to  Create  and  Define  the  Duties  of  a Board  of  Police 
and  a Police  Force. 

(As  Amended.) 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  Mayor,  the  President  of  the  Common  Council, 
and  the  Committee  on  Police  shall  constitute  a Board  of  Police,  which 
Board  shall  possess  such  powers  and  perform  such  duties  as  are 
herein  prescribed. 

Sec.  2.  The  Board  of  Police  may  hold  such  meetings  at  such 
times  and  places  as  they  may  determine  and  appoint,  and  shall  have 


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full  authority  and  control  over  the  city  jail  and  other  buildings  used 
for  police  purposes,  and  over  the  entire  police  force,  subject,  how- 
ever, to  the  ultimate  control  of  the  Common  Council.  The  said 
Board  of  Police  shall  have  power  to  hear  and  determine  complaints 
against  policemen  charging  misconduct  or  disobedience  of  any  of  the 
rules  and  regulations  established  or  which  may  be  established  for 
the  police  force  or  police  department,  and  in  case  of  conviction,  the 
said  Board  of  Police  may  order  deduction  from  the  pay  of  the  police- 
man so  convicted,  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  each  offense  and  the 
deduction  so  ordered  shall  be  made  from  the  next  installment  of 
salary  to  fall  due  to  such  policeman. 

Sec.  3.  The  Police  Force  shall  consist  of  such  number  of  regu- 
lar and  special  policemen,  each  of  whom  shall  be  a resident  and 
legally  qualified  voter  of  this  city,  as  the  Common  Council  shall 
from  time  to  time  deem  necessary  and  by  resolution  order  to  be 
appointed.  The  said  Police  Force  shall  rank  as  follows:  Chief  of 
Police,  Captain,  Sergeant,  Detective-Sergeant,  Roundsmen,  Patrol- 
men, Doorman. 

The  duties  of  the  several  members  and  officers  of  said  Police 
Force  shall  be  those  prescribed  by  the  laws  of  the  State,  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city  and  the  rules  and  regulations”lhat  may  from  time 
to  time  be  prescribed  and  established  by  resolution  of  the  Common 
Council  for  the  better  government  and  discipline  of  the  Police  De- 
partment. The  Patrolmen  shall  be  divided  into  five  (5)  classes: 


Class  A — Fifth  year  of  service  and  over. 

Class  B — Fourth  year  of  service. 

Class  C — Third  year  of  service. 

Class  D — Second  year  of  service. 

Class  E — First  year  of  service. 

Provided,  that  the  Common  Council  upon  recommendation  of 
the  Police  Board  may  advance  a Patrolman  from  a lower  to  a higher 
class  for  especially  good  work  or  meritorious  service,  whether  he 
shall  have  served  his  full  time,  specified  above,  or  not. 

That  beginning  with  the  first  day  of  January,  1908,  the  salaries 
of  the  members  of  the  force  who  are  regular  Policemen  be  and  are 
hereby  fixed  at  the  following  rates,  that  is  to  say: 

Chief $1,600  per  annum 

Captain 1,200  per  annum 

Sergeant 1,140  per  annum 

Detective-Sergeant 1,140  per  annum 

Roundsmen 1,080  per  annum 

Patrolmen: 

Class  A $1,000  per  annum 

Class  B 960  per  annum 

Class  C '. 924  per  annum 


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Class  D 86  4 per  annum 

Class  E 7 92  per  annum 

Doorman  720  per  annum 


The  times  from  which  the  several  dates  of  service  in  the  police 
department  of  the  city  are  to  he  calculated,  are  the  dates  at  which 
the  continuous  service  of  said  policemen,  respectively,  commenced, 
and  said  Sergeant,  Detective-Sergeant,  Roundsmen,  Patrolmen  and 
Doorman,  respectively,  shall  be  paid  at  said  rates  for  the  number 
of  full  days  only  of  service  actually  performed  by  them  respectively. 

In  each  month,  except  that  they  severally  may,  at  the  discretion  of 
the  Board  of  Police,  be  paid  for  any  time  during  which  they  sever- 
ally shall  be  disabled  from  the  performance  of  duty  by  reason  of 
physical  injuries,  provided  that  the  Board  shall  be  satisfied  that  such 
injuries  were  the  direct  result  of  personal  violence  inflicted  upon 
them,  respectively,  in  the  performance  of  their  respective  duties; 
and  provided  further  that  any  member  of  the  force  who  is  temporar- 
ily absent  from  duty  because  of  sickness  or  disability  of  any  nature, 
shall  receive  full  pay  during  the  first  two  weeks  of  such  absence  or 
disability,  and  half  pay  during  the  following  two  weeks,  and  if  such 
illness  or  disability  should  extend  over  a longer  period  than  four 
weeks,  it  shall  be  necessary  for  the  Common  Council  to  provide  by 
resolution  for  any  further  payment  of  salary  to  such  officer;  and 
hereafter,  each  of  such  officers  and  policemen  shall  provide,  at  his 
own  expense  all  uniforms  and  other  wearing  apparel  necessary  for 
their  use  respectively,  as  from  time  to  time  required  by  the  Board 
of  Police  in  compliance  with  the  rules  of  the  Department. 

Sec.  4.  The  police  force  shall  be  under  the  general  supervision 
and  direction  of  the  said  Board  of  Police,  and  no  person  not  a mem- 
ber of  the  police  force,  duly  nominated  and  appointed  by  the  Mayor, 
with  the  advice  and  consent?  of  the  Common  Council,  shall  at  any 
time  be  permitted  to  exercise  any  authority  or  control  over  the  City  ^ 
jail  or  any  building  used  for  police  purposes,  or  over  or  concerning 
any  person  confined  therein,  or  over  any  member  of  the  police  force, 
or  to  perform  any  police  duty  save  as  is  in  this  ordinance  otherwise 
specially  provided. 

Sec.  5.  Each  of  the  regular  policemen  shall  devote  all  his  time 
to  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  shall  be  vigilant  in  detecting  and  ar- 
resting all  offenders  against  any  city  ordinance  or  any  law  of  the 
state  within  said  city  and  in  preserving  the  public  peace  and  pro- 
tecting the  rights  of  persons  and  property,  and  when  on  duty  shall 
wear  such  dress  or  badge  as  the  Board  of  Police  may  designate,  but 
no  service  shall  be  required  of  special  policemen  excepting  when 
called  for  by  the  Mayor  or  Board  of  Police,  save  in  cases  of  sudden 
emergencies  requiring  the  performance  of  police  duty,  in  all  which 
cases  such  special  policemen  shall  be  ready  for  any  detailed  service 


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required  of  them  by  the  Mayor  or  the  Board  of  Police,  or  such  mem- 
ber of  the  regular  police  as  the  Board  of  Police  may  designate  for 
the  time  being  as  Chief  of  the  Police  Force. 

Sec.  6.  In  case  of  riot  or  other  sudden  emergency,  the  Mayor, 
or  in  his  absence  any  member  of  the  Board  of  Police,  may  call  into 
active  service  with  full  police  powers,  such  number  of  extra  special 
policemen  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  suppress  such  riot  or  meet 
such  emergency;  but  the  services  of  such  extra  policemen  shall  cease 
with  the  occasion  which  called  them  into  service. 

Sec.  7.  The  Ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  create  and 
define  the  duties  of  a Board  of  Police  and  a Police  Force,”  approved 
December  13,  1877,  is  hereby  repealed,  but  this  section  shall  not  be 
construed  to  revive  any  ordinance  which  was  repealed  by  the  ordi- 
nance hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.  In  case  any  complaint  shall  be  preferred  against  any 
policeman,  charging  him  with  incapacity,  mis-conduct,  non-resi- 
dence or  disobedience  of  the  just  rules  and  regulations  established 
or  which  may  be  established  for  the  police  force  or  police  depart- 
ment of  said  city,  and  the  Board  of  Police  shall  be  of  opinion  that 
said  charges,  if  proved,  ought  to  be  followed  by  suspension  without 
pay  or  removal  from  office  of  said  policeman,  said  Board  of  Police 
shall  thereupon  file  said  complaint  or  a more  formal  complaint  to 
be  drafted  by  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation,  if  said  Board  shall  so 
direct,  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  either  before  or  af- 
ter hearing  before  the  said  Board  of  Police,  as  said  Board  of  Police 
may  elect,  and  refer  the  proceedings  thereon  to  the  Common  Coun- 
eil.  The  Common  Council  in  either  case  upon  receiving  the  com- 
plaint shall  cause  not  less  than  three  days’  notice  to  be  given  to  the 
person  charged,  of  the  time  and  place,  when  and  where  the  Com- 
mon Council  will  proceed  to  publicly  examine  into  said  charges  and 
to  afford  the  person  so  charged  a fair  trial  upon  said  charges  and 
every  reasonable  opportunity  to  make  his  defense  if  he  has  or 
chooses  to  make  any.  At  the  time  and  place  so  fixed  for  such  public 
examination  and  trial,  or  at  such  time  or  times  to  which  the  same 
shall  be  adjourned,  the  said  public  examination  and  trial  shall  be 
had  before  the  Common  Council  by  the  oral  examination  of  such  wit- 
nesses pro  and  con  as  may  be  offered  in  accordance  with  the  statute 
in  such  case  made  and  provided,  and  in  case  as  the  result  of  trial 
^the  person  so  charged  shall  be  found  guilty,  the  Common  Council 
may  order  deduction  of  pay,  reduction  of  rank  or  suspension  or  re- 
moval from  office.  It  shall  be  discretionary  with  the  Common  Coun- 
iCil  whether  to  permit  the  defense  to  be  conducted  by  counsel. 

Sec.  9.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances,  so  far  as 
;they  are  inconsistent  herewith,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  February  28,  1882. 


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Amended  by  Ordinance — Adopted  March  3,  1884;  and  Re- 
adopted April  7,  1884,  notwithstanding  the  objections  of  the  Mayor, 
Amended  by  Ordinances — Approved  July  10,  1896,  December 
28,  1906,  February  4,  1908,  and  March  24,  1911. 


An  Ordinance  to  Define  the  Tenure  of  Office  of  Regular  Policemen. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  regular  policemen  of  the  City  of  Plainfield 
now  in  office,  and  all  who  may  hereafter  be  duly  appointed  thereto, 
shall  severally  hold  their  respective  offices  as  such  regular  police- 
men during  good  behavior,  efficiency,  and  residence  in  the  City  of 
Plainfield,  and  shall  not  be  removed  from  the  police  force  for  politi- 
cal reasons,  or  for  any  other  cause  than  incapacity,  misconduct, 
non-residence,  or  disobedience  of  just  rules  and  regulations  estab- 
lished, or  which  may  be  established,  for  the  police  force  or  police 
department  of  J:he  City  of  Plainfield,  provided  that  any  member  of 
the  police  force  who  shall  be  absent  from  duty  without  just  cause 
for  the  term  of  five  days  shall  at  the  expiration  of  said  five  days 
cease  to  be  a member  of  such  police  force. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  so  far  as 
they  confiict  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  be  and  the  same 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  December  29,  1898. 


An  Ordinance — A General  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the  payment  of 
pensions  to  qualified  Retired  Members  of  the  Police  Force  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Whenever  the  Common  Council  shall  ascertain  and 
determine,  and  by  resolution  adjudge  and  declare,  that  any  mem- 
ber of  the  police  force  of  said  city  who  at  the  time  of  the  adoption 
of  such  resolution  shall  have  honorably  served  upon  the  police  force 
of  said  city  for  twenty  years  continuously  and  reached  the  age  of  not 
less  than  sixty  years  is,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Common  Council, 
entitled  to  be  retired  upon  a pension,  said  Common  Council  may 
thereupon,  upon  the  written  request  of  said  member  of  the  police 
force  of  said  city,  and  upon  receiving  and  accepting  his  resignation, 
adopt  a further  resolution  that  such  member  thereupon  be  forthwith 
constituted  a retired  member  of  said  police  force. 

Sec.  2.  That  forthwith  after  receiving  and  accepting  such  resig- 


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nation  and  after  the  adoption  of  both  of  said  resolutions  provided  for 
in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance,  and  not  otherwise,  such  retired  mem- 
ber of  the  police  force  of  said  city,  constituted  as  such  and  desig- 
nated as  such  in  said  resolution,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  and  shall 
be  paid  a yearly  pension  of  five  hundred  dollars,  payable  in  monthly 
installments,  during  the  term  of  his  natural  life. 

Sec.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  ten  days  after  the  date 
of  one  publication  thereof  in  each  of  the  official  newsapers  printed 
in  said  city. 

Approved  August  1,  1910. 


An  Ordinance  to  Adopt  the  Provisions  of  An  Act  Entitled,  ‘Mn  Act 
Providing  for  the  Pensioning  of  Police  Officers  and  Policemen 
in  Certain  Municipalities  of  This  State,”  Approved  March  30, 
1911. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows:  , 

Section  1.  That  the  provisions  of  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of 
the  State  of  New  Jersey  entitled,  “An  Act  providing  for  the  Pension- 
ing of  Police  Officers  and  Policemen  in  certain  Municipalities  of 
this  State,”  approved  March  30,  1911,  are  hereby  duly  adopted  by 
the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  Ordinances  or  parts  of  Ordinances  in  conflict 
with  the  provisions  hereof  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  October  19,  1911. 


An  Ordinance  to  Provide  for  the  Office  of  Counsel  to  the  Corporation. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plain- 
field,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted 
by  the  authority  of  the  same: 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  an  officer  of  the  city  appointed  an- 
nually who  shall  be  known  as  Counsel  to  the  Corporation,  and  who 
must  at  the  time  of  his  appointment,  have  been  a resident  and  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  law  in  the  city  for  at  least  one  year. 
Approved  June  22,  1869. 

Amended  by  Ordinance — Approved  December  7,  1881. 


An  Ordinance  to  Prescribe  the  Duties  of  the  Counsel  to  the  Corpor- 
ation. 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plain- 
field,  in  Common  Council  assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted 
by  the  authority  of  the  same: 


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Section  1.  The  Corporation  Counsel  shall  have  the  charge  of, 
and  conduct  the  law  business  of  the  Corporation,  and  all  other  law 
business  in  which  the  city  shall  be  interested,  when  so  ordered  by 
the  Common  Council;  and  shall  have  charge  of  and  conduct  the  legal 
proceedings  necessary  in  opening,  widening  or  altering  streets. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  when  required  advise  the 
Common  Council,  and  their  committees  and  officers,  respectively, 
upon  all  matters  which  may  be  submitted  to  him  for  his  opinion. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  draw  such  ordinances  as  may  be  required  of 
him  by  the  Common  Council  or  any  committee  thereof. 

Sec.  4.  He  shall,  when  required  by  the  Common  Council,  pre- 
pare the  draft  of  any  bill  to  be  presented  by  the  Corporation  of  the 
City  to  the  Legislature  for  passage,  with  a proper  memorial  for  the 
passage  thereof. 

Sec.  5.  He  shall  prosecute  and  defend,  as  the  Counsel  to  the 
Corporation,  all  actions  which  may  be  brought  b}"  or  against  it,  or 
any  officer  thereof,  for  or  by  reason  of  any  matter  or  duty  connected 
with  or  growing  out  of  their  respective  offices,  or  in  which  the  Cor- 
poration are  interested,  in  any  court  in  this  State,  including  actions 
for  violations  of  the  ordinances  of  the  Common  Council,  or  arising 
under  the  charter  of  the  city,  or  under  the  laws  of  this  state,  in 
which  the  city  is  interested. 

Sec.  6.  He  shall,  on  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the  Common 
Council,  in  the  months  of  November  and  May,  in  each  year,  report 
to  the  Common  Council  the  titles  of  all  actions  in  his  hands,  prose- 
cuted or  defended  by  him,  and  then  pending  and  undetermined,  with 
such  other  information  in  respect  thereto  as  he  may  deem  necessary 
or  proper. 

Sec.  7.  He  shall  keep  in  proper  books  to  be  provided  by  the 
Common  Council  for  that  purpose,  a register  of  all  actions  prose- 
cuted or  defended  by  him,  and  of  all  proceedings  had  therein. 

Sec.  8.  The  salary  to  be  paid  to  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation 
shall  be  a full  compensation,  as  between  him  and  the  Corporation, 
for  all  the  services  he  may  be  required  to  render  by  this  ordinance; 
he  shall,  nevertheless,  be  entitled  to  receive  the  taxable  costs  in  all 
actions  and  proceedings  which  may  be  conducted,  prosecuted,  or  de- 
fended by  him  as  such, counsel. 

Sec.  9.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  or  his  resig- 
nation thereof,  or  removal  therefrom,  the  Counsel  to  the  Corpora- 
tion shall  forthwith,  on  demand,  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office, 
all  deeds,  leases,  contracts,  and  other  papers  in  his  hands,  belonging 
to  the  Corporation  or  any  of  its  officers,  and  all  papers  in  actions 
prosecuted  or  defended  by  him,  then  pending  and  undetermined,  to- 
gether with  his  register  thereof,  and  of  the  proceedings  therein,  and 


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a written  consent  of  substitution  of  his  successor  in  all  such  actions 
then  pending  and  undetermined. 

Sec.  10.  He  shall  institute  an  action  in  any  of  the  cases  in 
this  ordinance  mentioned,  when  instructed  to  do  so  by  the  Common 
Council  or  any  committee  thereof,  or  upon  the  complaint  of  any 
other  person,  when  in  his  judgment,  the  public  interest  requires  that 
the  same  shall  be  prosecuted. 

Sec.  11.  He  may,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Mayor,  or  the 
Committee  on  Laws  and  Ordinances,  compromise  with  the  party 
complained  of,  either  before  or  after  an  action  shall  have  been 
brought,  for  any  violation  of  an  ordinance  of  the  Common  Council, 
when  the  penalty  does  not  exceed  one  hundred  dollars,  and  when  in 
his  judgment,  the  public  interest  does  not  require  that  an  action 
should  be  prosecuted  therefor. 

Sec.  12.  In  all  actions  which  he  is  required  to  prosecute  he 
shall  appear  as  the  attorney  and  counsel  of  the  corporation. 

Sec.  13.  He  shall  not  bring  an  appeal  in  any  action  in  which 
judgment  shall  have  been  given  against  the  corporation,  except  by 
direction  of  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  14.  He  shall,  on  the  first  Monday  in  the  months  of  No- 
vember and  May,  in  each  year,  report  to  the  Treasurer  a statement, 
under  oath,  of  the  actions  instituted  by  him  and  settled  before 
judgment,  of  the  complaints  compromised  by  him  in  which  no  action 
shall  have  been  commenced,  and  of  all  actions  prosecuted  to  judg- 
ment, with  the  result  thereof,  whether  for  or  against  the  corpora- 
tion, and  whether  an  execution  has  been  issued  thereon,  and,  if  so, 
whether  it  has  been  collected,  and  shall  include  therein  a particular 
account,  item  by  item,  of  all  penalties  or  other  moneys  which  he  may 
have  received  for  the  corporation,  and  from  whom  they  were  re- 
ceived, respectively,  and  on  what  account,  and  when  paid;  he  shall 
also  state  therein,  item  by  item,  an  account  of  officers’  or  court  fees 
paid  by  him,  and  on  what  account  and  when  they  were,  respective- 
ly, paid;  and  shall  exhibit,  at  the  foot  of  the  account,  the  balance 
thereof  whether  for  or  against  the  corporation. 

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Sec.  15.  If  the  account  shall  exhibit  a balance  in  his  hands  in 
favor  of  the  corporation,  he  shall  forthwith  pay  over  such  balance 
to  the  Treasurer,  and  shall  thereupon  receive  from  the  Treasurer 
a voucher  for  the  payment  thereof,  which  he  shall  forthwith  exhibit 
to  the  City  Clerk,  and  shall,  at  the  same  time,  leave  with  him  a 
copy  thereof. 

Sec.  16.  If  the  account  exhibit  a balance  against  the  corpora- 
tion, the  Treasurer,  upon  being  satisfied  of  the  correctness  thereof, 
shall  certify  the  same,  which  shall  authorize  an  order  to  be  drawn 
in  accordance  with  the  form  set  forth  in  the  city  ordinance,  pre- 


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scribing  the  duties  of  the  City  Treasurer,  for  the  amount  of  such 
balance. 

Sec.  17.  Every  officer  employed  by  Counsel  to  the  Corporation 
to  serve  process  in  an  action  brought  by  him  in  the  name  of  the  cor- 
poration, shall  pay  to  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation  all  moneys 
which  he  may  receive,  both  for  penalties  and  costs,  upon  a judg- 
ment, and  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation  shall,  at  least  once  in  every 
month,  pay  the  officer  so  employed  by  him  his  legal  fees  and  costs. 

Approved  July  26,  1869. 


An  Ordinace  to  Preserve  the  Purity  of  Well  Water. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  dig,  or  cause  to  be  dug,  or  to  use,  or  permit  to  be  used,  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  any  sink,  cess-pool,  or  other  re- 
ceptacle for  waste,  of  a greater  depth  than  eight  feet  below  the 
surface  of  the  ground;  or  to  convert  any  well  into  such  a receptacle; 
or  to  use  any  well  so  converted  without  first  filling  the  same  to  the 
required  depth  of  eight  feet. 

Sec.  2.  That  any  person  or  persons  offending  against  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and 
pay  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  such  offence,  one- 
lialf  to  go  to  the  informer  and  the  other  half  into  the  city  treasury. 
And,  in  addition  thereto,  it  shall  be  incumbent  upon  such  offending 
person  or  persons  to  thoroughly  clean  out,  or  cause  to  be  so  cleaned 
out,  and  then  filled  up  to  the  aforesaid  established  depth  of  eight 
feet  below  the  surface  of  the  ground,  any  such  condemned  sink, 
cess-pool,  receptacle  or  well. 

Sec.  3.  That  in  the  event  of  non-compliance  with  the  conclud- 
ing portion  of  the  preceding  section,  at  the  expiration  of  fifteen  days 
from  the  infliction  of  penalty,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street 
Commissioner  to  cause  such  cleansing  and  Ailing  to  be  properly 
done,  at  the  cost  of  the  person  or  persons  so  offending,  and  to  place 
a certified  bill  of  expenses  thereby  incurred  in  the  hands  of  the  Cor- 
poration Counsel  for  collection. 

Approved  November  6,  1872. 


An  Ordinance  to  Regulate  the  Digging  of  Graves. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  no  grave  for  the  interment  of  human  remains 
shall  be  hereafter  dug  within  said  city,  of  a less  depth  than  six  feet 


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below  the  surface  of  the  ground,  when  the  length  of  the  grave 
measures  five  feet  or  over;  and  none  of  a less  depth  than  five  feet, 
when  the  length  measures  four  feet,  or  between  that  and  five  feet, 
and  none  of  a less  depth  than  four  feet,  when  the  length  measures 
three  feet,  or  between  that  and  four  feet. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  penaltj^  for  each  violation  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  a fine  of  ten  dollars,  to  be  imposed  upon  each  person  so 
offending. 

Approved  July  16,  1872. 


An  Ordinance  to  Protect  Ice  Ponds. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  throw  or  place,  or  cause  to  be  thrown  or  placed,  upon  the  ice 
of  any  private  pond,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  any 
stones,  wood,  dirt,  rubbish,  or  offal  of  any  description. 

Sec.  2.  That  for  every  offense  against  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  each  person  so  offending  shall  upon  conviction  thereof, 
forfeit  and  pay  the  penalty  of  five  dollars. 

Approved  December  17,  1872. 


An  Ordinance  to  Prescribe  Conditions  to  be  Complied  with  Before 
any  Private  Streets  or  Roads  Dedicated  or  Offered  for  Dedica- 
tion Shall  be  Accepted  by  the  City. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  any  person  or  corporation  contemplating  lay- 
ing out  or  locating  and  constructing  any  street  or  road  in  the  City 
of  Plainfield  shall  before  beginning  such  construction  submit  to  the 
Street  Commissioner,  the  proposed  plans  therefor,  in  which  shall 
be  included  an  accurate  designation  of  the  location  and  grades  of 
such  street  or  streets,  road  or  roads,  and  the  sidewalks  thereof,  as 
proposed  to  be  laid  out  as  aforesaid,  and  the  proposed  manner  of 
construction.  Upon  receipt  of  such  plans  by  said  Street  Commis- 
sioner, together  with  a petition  for  their  approval,  said  Street 
Commissioner  shall  consult  with  the  Committee  on  Streets 
of  the  Common  Council,  and  thereafter  give  a hearing  to  said  pe- 
titioners, if  they  so  request;  after  such  hearing  said  petitioners  may 
alter  such  plans  if  they  so  desire,  and  request  the  approval  of  said 
Street  Commissioner  of  the  plans  so  altered. 

If  said  original  or  altered  plans  shall  be  approved  by  said  Street 
Commissioner,  he  shall  so  indicate  therein  in  writing  signed  by  him 


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and  file  said  plans  in  his  office,  and  endorse  thereon  the  date  of  such 
filing.  Unless  monuments  properly  defining  the  lines  of  the  proposed 
street  or  road  on  any  such  plan  have  been  already  set,  hard  stone 
monuments,  at  least  four  inches  square  on  top  and  at  least  two  feet 
long,  shall  be  forthwith  set  in  sufficient  numbers  to  definitely  lo- 
cate the  lines  of  the  proposed  street  or  road.  All  curved  streets 
or  roads  shall  be  laid  out  with  regular  curves  and  sufficient  data 
shall  be  shown  on  the  maps  to  enable  the  streets  or  roads  to  be 
accurately  located.  'Such  approval  of  said  plans  or  any  other  action 
by  said  Street  Commissioner  with  respect  thereto,  or  with  respect 
to  said  proposed  streets  or  roads,  shall  not  operate  as  an  acceptance 
of  the  same  as  public  streets  or  roads,  and  acceptance  of  the  same 
as  public  streets  or  roads  shall  not  be  effected  except  by  ordin- 
ance of  the  Common  Council,  the  Common  Council  hereby  reserving 
full  discretion  in  the  premises,  and  the  powers  of  the  Common 
Council  in  regard  to  streets  and  roads  shall  not  be  abri.igei  by 
this  ordinance  in  any  manner. 

Sec.  2.  After  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  no  proposed 
street  or  road  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  shown  on  any  plan  filed 
and  approved  by  the  Street  Commissioner  as  aforesaid  shall  be 
laid  out,  located  anew,  altered,  widened,  or  changed  in  grade,  ex- 
cept in  accordance  with  said  plans,  and  no  street  or  road  hereto- 
tofore  or  hereafter  offered  for  dedication  or  acceptance  by  the  City 
shall  be  accepted  otherwise  than  by  ordinance  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil. If  any  person  or  corporation  shall  hereafter  construct  or  open 
for  public  travel  any  private  street  or  road  the  location,  direction, 
width  and  grades  of  which  and  the  manner  of  construction  there- 
of have  not  previously  been  approved  in  writing  by  said  Street 
Commissioner  in  the  method  provided  in  this  ordinance,  then  no 
public  sewer,  drain,  fire  hydrant  or  street  lamp  shall  be  laid  or 
placed  in  or  upon,  or  any  public  work  of  any  kind  done  upon, 
any  such  private  street  or  road  so  constructed  or  opened  for  public 
travel  except  by  ordinance  of  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  3.  The  Street  Commissioner  may  in  his  discretion 
cause  a suitable  sign  to  be  erected  at  any  place  where  any  private 
street  or  road  intersects  any  public  street  or  road,  to  indicate  that 
such  street  or  road  is  not  a public  highway,  but  no  damages  shall 
be  recoverable  by  any  person  against  the  City  for  any  injury  al- 
leged to  have  resulted  from  any  failure  to  erect  such  a sign. 

Sec.  4.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  prevent  the  Com- 
mon Council  or  Street  Commissioner  from  permitting  suitable  sewers 
laid  or  to  be  laid  in  such  private  streets  or  roads  by  private  prop- 
erty owners  to  be  connected  with  the  sewers  of  the  City. 

Approved  Sept.  10,  1910. 


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An  Ordinance  Relating  to  the  Duties  of  the  City  Clerk 

Be  it  ordained  and  enacted  by  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plain- 

field,  in  Common  Council  Assembled,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted 

by  the  authority  of  the  same: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  to  have 
charge  of,  and  keep  on  file  in  his  office,  all  of  the  records,  books, 
papers,  contracts  and  documents  of  the  city.  Also  to  present,  or 
cause  to  be  presented  forthwith  to  the  Mayor  for  his  signature, 
all  contracts  to  which  the  City  of  Plainfield  may  hereafter  become 
a party. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  to  act  as  City  Auditor, 
and  to  receive  for  examination,  all  claims  against  the  City  of  Plain- 
field  (except  for  salaries  of  city  officers,  which  are  fixed  by  the 
charter  or  the  Common  Council)  that  may  be  presented  for  that 
purpose  not  less  than  five  days  before  any  regular  meeting  of  the 
Common  Council,  and  to  examine  and  submit  all  such  claims  with 
his  report  to  the  Common  Council  at  the  regular  meeting  thereof 
ensuing  the  presentation  of  such  claims. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  to  notify  im 
writing  every  person  who  shall  be  appointed  to  any  office  or  duty 
by  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  to  enter  in- 
a book,  provided  for  that  purpose,  with  a proper  index,  all  reso- 
lutions which  shall  hereafter  be  adopted  by  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  4.  Every  ordinance  hereafter  ordered  to  its  third  reading 
shall  forthwith  be  properly  engrossed  by  the  City  Clerk;  and  all' 
subsequent  action  by  the  Common  Council  in  relation  thereto  shall 
be  upon  such,  or  a similar  engrossed  copy. 

Sec.  5.  Whenever  an  ordinance  hereafter  shall  be  ordered  to 
its  third  reading,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  forthwith  to^ 
cause  to  be  published,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  Charter,, 
notice  of  the  intended  adoption  of  the  same. 

(Sec.  6.  Repealed  by  ordinance  approved  March  6,  1876.) 

Sec.  7.  All  ordinaces  of  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent  with’ 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  December  5,  1871. 

Amended  by  Ordinance  approved  December  31,  1888. 


An  Ordinance  Relating  to  the  City  Physician 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council,, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  nominated  and  appointed  by  the 


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Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Common  Council,  on  the 
first  Monday  in  February  in  each  year,  a competent  and  resident 
physician  of  the  city,  to  be  called  the  City  Physician. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall,  when  requested  by  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor, 
or  Chairman  of  Alms  Committee,  professionally  attend  any  of 
the  city  poor  and  furnish  them  needful  advice  and  medicine.  And 
further  when  required  by  the  Board  of  Health  he  shall  visit  such 
sick  persons  as  said  Board  may  have  charge  of  in  the  interest  of 
the  public  health,  and  give  all  necessary  assistance  in  such  cases. 

Sec.  3.  In  case  of  any  person  dying  within  the  City,  unat- 
tended by  a physician,  he  may  be  required  by  the  Mayor,  Chairman 
of  the  Alms  Committee,  or  Board  of  Health,  to  view  the  body  and 
furnish  a certificate  of  death,  made  out  on  the  blank  forms  pro- 
vided by  the  State  Board  of  Health. 

Sec.  4,  He  shall  present  to  the  Common  Council  a written  re- 
port on  the  first  Mondays  of  May,  August,  November  and  Febru- 
ary, giving  the  names  of  all  the  city  poor  attended  by  him  during 
the  preceding  quarter,  and  stating  the  character  of  the  disease  of 
said  poor  persons. 

Sec.  5.  The  salary  of  the  City  Physician  shall  not  exceed  four 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  in  like  manner  as  other  sal- 
aried officers  of  the  city,  which  sum  shall  be  full  compensation  for 
all  professional  services  rendered  and  medicines  furnished  by  him 
under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  6.  The  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  establish 
the  office  of  City  Physician  and  to  prescribe  his  duties,”  approved 
July  15,  1876,  is  hereby  repealed,  but  this  section  shall  not  be 
construed  to  revive  any  ordinance  which  was  repealed  by  the  or- 
dinance hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  7.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances,  resolutions 
and  parts  of  resolutions,  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  June  4,  1890. 

Amended  by  ordinance  approved  March  21,  1892. 


An  Ordinance  Relating  to  the  Morals,  Peace  and  Good  Order  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  several  acts  and  offences  in  the  ordinance 
herein  named  are  hereby  prohibited,  and  any  person  found  guilty 
of  any  of  them  shall  be  subject  on  each  conviction  thereof  to  the 


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penalties  herein  provided  for  them  respectively,  which  shall  be  for 
the  use  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  that  is  to  say: 

Sec.  2.  For  disturbing  the  quiet  of  the  city,  or  of  any  lawful 
assembly  of  persons,  or  of  any  neighborhood,  family  or  person  with- 
in the  city  by  any  loud  or  unnecessary  noise  with  kettles,  bells, 
drums,  or  other  articles,  or  by  shouting,  or  by  using  any  profane,  in- 
decent or  obscene  language,  or  any  indecent  conduct  whatever,  or 
by  quarreling,  assaulting  or  fighting,  or  otherwise  disturbing  the 
public  peace,  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  im- 
prisonment not  exceeding  sixty  days  in  the  city  or  county  jail,  or 
both  fine  and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Court  before 
whom  a conviction  thereof  shall  be  had. 

Sec.  3.  For  throwing  stones,  sticks  or  any  hard,  dangerous 
or  offensive  substances  in  or  into  any  street,  byway  or  public  place, 
or  at  any  cars,  vehicles,  houses,  buildings  or  fences  within  the  city 
limits,  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprison- 
ment not  exceeding  sixty  days  in  the  city  or  county  jail  as  afore- 
said. 

For  distributing,  strewing  about  or  placing  in  any  street  or 
public  place,  areaway  or  yard,  or  upon  the  steps  or  porch  of  any 
building,  or  causing  to  be  distributed,  strewed  about  or  placed,  any 
papers,  circulars,  cards  or  pamphlets,  except  such  papers  or  other 
matter  as  may  be  ordered  or  subscribed  for  by  the  occupants  of  the 
premises,  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

For  sweeping,  casting,  throwing  or  depositing,  or  causing  to  be 
swept,  cast,  thrown  or  deposited,  upon  any  public  street,  sidewalk, 
gutter,  alley  or  other  public  place  within  the  City  of  Plainfield,  any 
paper,  rags,  straws  wood,  boxes  or  other  rubbish,  any  sum  not 
exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

For  depositing  upon  the  surface  of  any  lot  bordering  upon  any 
street,  lane  or  alley  of  said  city,  any  rubbish  or  matter  likely  to 
decompose  or  be  blown  about  by  the  wind  or  using  any  such  sub- 
stances to  fill  in  or  raise  the  surface  or  level  of  any  ground  in  the 
city,  unless  a written  permit  is  first  obtained  therefor  from  the 
Board  of  Health,  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

Sec.  4.  For  setting  off  fire  crackers  or  squibs,  throwing  fire- 
balls made  of  combustible  materials,  or  making  bon-fires  on  the 
streets  or  public  ways  or  firing  or  discharging  any  gun,  pistol  or 
fowling-piece,  or  any  kind  of  fire-arms,  or  cannon,  in  any  public 
street,  within  the  city  limits,  except  on  the  Fourth  Day  of  July,  any 
sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars. 

Sec.  5.  For  knowingly  causing  a false  alarm  of  fire,  a sum 


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not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  sixty  days’  imprisonment  in 
the  city  or  county  jail,  or  both  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  6.  For  keeping,  or  causing  or  permitting  to  be  kept  a 
house,  shop,  room  or  place  of  any  description,  in  which  any  kind 
of  disorder  or  noise  is  made,  or  permitted,  to  the  alarm,  annoyance 
or  disturbance  of  the  neighborhood,  or  in  which  persons  assemble, 
or  to  which  persons  resort  for  the  purpose  of  buying  or  drinking 
spirituous  or  fermented  liquors,  or  which  place  is  injurious  to  the 
public  health,  public  quiet  or  public  morals,  or  in  which  is  kept  any 
table  or  device  of  any  kind,  upon  or  by  which  any  game  of  chance 
or  hazard  shall  be  played,  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, or  thirty  days’  imprisonment  in  the  city  or  county  jail,  or  both 
fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

Sec.  7.  For  bathing,  washing  or  swimming  in  the  day  time, 
when  naked,  or  insufficiently  clothed,  in  any  brook,  lake  or  pond 
within  the  city  limits,  any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  8.  For  being  intoxicated  in  any  street,  alley  or  other 
public  place  in  the  city,  any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars,  and 
double  that  sum  for  every  subsequent  offense. 

Sec,  9.  For  selling,  giving  or  delivering  any  intoxicating  liquor 
to  a minor,  either  to  drink  or  carry  away,  or  selling  or  giving  such 
liquors  to  a person  who  is  intoxicated  or  in  the  habit  of  being  intox- 
icated, a sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  sixty  days’  im- 
prisonment, or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  10.  For  intentionally  driving  or  riding  any  horse  or  other 
beast  of  burden,  (whether  attached  to  a vehicle  or  not),  in  any 
streets,  alleys  or  highways  of  the  city,  faster  than  an  ordinary  trav- 
eling gait,  or  for  intentionally  leading,  driving  or  riding  any  beast 
of  burden  on  any  sidewalk  of  the  city,  any  sum  not  exceeding  five 
dollars;  and  for  such  fast  driving  or  riding  as  above  named,  when  a 
collision  is  thereby  produced  with  any  person,  vehicle  or  other  thing, 
or  any  injury  is  occasioned  by  such  driving  or  riding,  any  sum  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  the  city  or 
county  jail  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Court.  Provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  persons  driv- 
ing horses  attached  to  sleighs  while  trotting  in  an  easterly  direction 
on  North  avenue  between  the  easterly  side  of  Berckman  street  and 
the  easterly  limits  of  the  city,  on  days  other  than  Sunday,  commonly 
called  the  first  day  of  the  week. 

Sec.  11.  For  unnecessarily  obstructing  the  streets  or  byways 
of  the  city  with  any  kind  of  vehicles,  o^  with  boxes,  lumber,  timber, 
wood  or  any  other  thing,  any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars;  and 
for  continuing  any  of  the  above  obstructions  after  having  been  noti- 
fied to  remove  them  by  the  Street  Commissioner  (or  any  other 


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■officer  of  the  city  government  authorized  to  give  such  notice),  any 
sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  each  day  of  such  continuance, 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  on  any  one  conviction;  provided 
that  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent 
persons  who  are  building  from  occupying  one-half  the  width  of  the 
sidewalk  and  one-third  the  width  of  the  roadway  in  front  of  the 
place  where  they  are  so  building,  upon  their  first  obtaining  from  the 
Street  Commissioner  or  the  Common  Council  a written  permit  so 
to  do. 

Sec,  12.  For  intentionally  obstructing  or  hindering  any  city 
officer  in  the  performance  of  his  duty,  or  for  wilfully  refusing  or 
neglecting  to  assist  any  city  officer,  when  lawfully  required  to  do  so 
by  him  in  the  execution  of  any  process  in  the  suppression  of  a breach 
of  the  peace,  in  case  of  an  escape,  or  when  he  is  resisted  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duty,  a sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  or  im- 
prisonment in  the  city  or  county  jail  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  or 
both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

Sec.  13.  If  any  person  knowingly  and  wilfully  resist  or  oppose 
any  officer  of  this  city,  or  any  person  authorized  by  law,  in  serv- 
ing, or  attempting  to  serve  any  writ,  bill,  order  or  process  whatever, 
or  when  arresting  any  person  violating  any  of  the  ordinances  of  this 
city,  either  with  or  without  warrant,  he  shall  be  punished  by  a 
line  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  nor  less  than  five  dollars, 
or  imprisonment  in  jail  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  or  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

'Sec.  14,  If  any  person  shall  intentionally  break,  or  injure, 
.or  cause  to  be  broken  or  injured,  any  fire  alarm  box  owned  by  the 
city,  or  any  street  lamp  used  or  lighted  by,  or  rented  to  the  city,  he 
shall,  upon  conviction,  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  the  city  or  county  jail  not  exceeding 
.thirty  days,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court.  And  if  any 
person  shall  make  complaint  and  secure  conviction  under  this  sec- 
tion, he  shall  be  entitled  to  one-half  of  any  fine  imposed  in  such 
case,  and  upon  payment  of  the  fine  so  imposed  the  Mayor  or  City 
Judge,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  pay  the  informer  one-half  of  said 
fine  so  collected.  ' 

Sec.  15.  If  any  person,  except  the  regular  lamp-lighter  and 
his  assistants,  light  or  extinguish  any  street  lamp,  such  person,  on 
conviction,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five 
dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  16.  If  any  person  tether  any  horse,  sheep,  goat,  or  neat 
cattle  on  or  upon  any  road,  street,  lane,  alley,  square,  park  or  pub- 
lic place,  within  the  city  limits,  he  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  nun- 
ished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  each  offence 


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Sec.  17.  If  any  person  permit  any  horse,  sheep,  goat,  or  neat 
"Cattle  to  feed  on  or  upon  any  road,  street,  lane,  alley,  square,  park 
er  public  ground,  within  the  city  limits,  whether  in  charge  of  any 
person  or  not  such  person  shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  a fine 
not  exceeding  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  18.  It  shall.be  the  duty  of  the  police  to  take  and  secure 
in  some  proper  place  any  of  the  animals  described  in  the  preceding 
sections  16  and  17,  until  the  fine  is  paid  or  their  release  is  ordered 
by  the  Mayor  or  the  City  Judge. 

Sec.  19.  If  any  person  play  ball  in  any  of  the  streets  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield,  he  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  punished  by  a fine 
not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  2 0.  If  any  person  within  the  city  limits,  between  sun- 
down and  sunrise  of  any  day,  make  any  bon-fire  in  any  of  the  public 
streets,  he  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  punished  by  a fine  not  ex- 
ceeding five  dollars.  Dry  leaves  may  be  burned  in  the  gutters 
-of  streets  during  the  forenoon  of  any  week  day,  but  all  debris  result- 
ing from  said  burning  must  be  removed  within  twelve  hours  of  day- 
light after  said  leaves  are  burned. 

Sec.  21.  If  any  person  wilfully  break  down,  or  injure  any 
fence  or  inclosure  belonging  to  or  in  the  possession  of  other  per- 
sons, or  shall  carry  away  any  portion  of  such  fence  or  inclosure, 
without  the  owner’s  consent,  such  person  shall,  on  conviction,  be 
-punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprison- 
ment in  the  city  or  county  jail  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

Sec.  2 2.  If  any  person  obstruct  the  free  passage  of  pedes- 
trians by  loitering  or  assembling  on  the  streets,  or  on  the  corners 
of  the  streets,  or  on  the  sidewalks,  or  in  front  of  any  private  or 
public  building,  or  church,  or  place  where  religious  services  are  held, 
or  interfere  with,  or  annoy  in  any  way  whatever,  persons  going  to 
or  returning  from  any  place  where  religious  or  other  .services  have 
been  held,  such  person  so  offending  shall,  on  conviction,  be  pun- 
ished by  a fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  city  or  county  jail  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  or  by  both 
fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

Sec.  23.  No  person  shall  fiy  any  kite  in  the  public  streets  of 
this  city,  under  the  penalty,  upon  the  conviction  thereof,  of  being 
fined  any  sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  2 4.  If  and  person  leave  any  horse  or  team  standing  un- 
tied in  any  of  the  streets  of  thi^  city,  unless  the  same  is  in  charge 
-of  some  person  competent  to  care  for  the  same,  he  shall  be  liable, 
on  conviction,  to  be  fined  any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for 
-each  offence. 


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Sec.  2 5.  No  person  shall  drive  any  horse  before  a sleigh  or 
sled  through  any  of  the  streets  of  this  city,  unless  there  shall  be 
a sufficient  number  of  bells  attached  to  the  harness  of  such  horse 
and  sleigh  or  sled,  to  warn  persons  of  the  approach  thereof, 'under 
the  penalty  of  being  fined  any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for 
each  offence. 

(Sections  2 6,  2 7 and  2 '8  repealed  by  ordinance  approved  May 
21,  1878). 

Sec.  2 9.  When  any  party  is  convicted  of  violating  any  of  the 
ordinances  of  this  city,  and  fails  or  neglects  to  pay  the  fine  imposed 
for  such  violation,  and  the  cost  of  suit,  within  two  days  after  con- 
viction, the  City  Judge  may,  in  his  discretion,  cause  such  party  to 
be  committed  to  the  city  or  county  jail  for  any  period  not  exceeding 
twenty  days. 

Sec.  30.  In  all  proceedings  for  the  violation  of  any  ordin- 
ance, the  costs  thereof  shall  be  added  to  the  penalty,  and  such 
costs  shall  be  those  allowed  for  similar  services  in  Courts  for  the 
trial  of  small  causes. 

(Sec.  31,  repealed  by  ordinance  approved  December  30,  1879). 

Sec,  32.  Whenever  in  describing  or  referring  to  any  person, 
party,  matter  or  thing,  any  word  importing  the  singular  number 
or  masculine  gender  is  used  in  this  or  any  other  ordinance,  the 
same  shall  be  understood  to  include,  and  shall  apply  to  several  per- 
sons ahd  parties,  as  well  as  one  person  or  party,  and  females  as 
well  as  males,  and  bodies  corporate  as  well  as  individuals,  and  sev- 
eral matters  and  things  as  well  as  one  matter  and  things,  unless  it 
be  otherwise  provided,  or  there  be  something  in  the  subject  or  con- 
tract repugnant  to  such  construction. 

Sec.  33.  That  ordinances  relative  to  the  peace  and  quiet  of 
of  the  city,  approved  January  14,  1874. 

To  prevent  horses,  cattle,  etc.,  from  running  at  large,  approved 
July  6,  1869. 

Relating  to  the  morals,  peace  and  good  order  of  the  city,  ap- 
proved July  6,  1869,  April  29,  1872,  and  July  10,  1872. 

To  prohibiting  the  playing  of  ball,  etc.,  approved  September 
29,  1870. 

To  prevent  bonfires  and  false  alarms,  approved  January  2 4, 
1871. 

For  preserving  peace  and  good  order,  approved  July  16,  1872. 

To  secure  to  pedestrians  the  unobstructed  use  of  public  walks, 
approved  August  15,  1872. 

To  prevent  persons  from  destroying  and  meddling  with  street 
lamps,  approved  October  9,  1872. 

And  all  other  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 


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with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed.  But  nothing  herein  contained  shall  in  anywise  be  con- 
strued to  affect  any  proceeding  now  pending  under  any  ordinance, 
but  such  proceeding  shall  be  proceeded  with  and  be  determined  in 
the  same  manner  as  if  this  ordinance  had  not  been  passed. 

(Amendment  of  January  4,  1875). 

Sec.  1.  If  any  person  shall  make  complaint  to  the  Mayor  or 
City  Judge  of  the  violations  of  sections  6 and  9 of  this  ordinance,  or 
either  of  said  sections,  and  shall  secure  a conviction  under  the  same, 
in  that  event  said  person  shall  be  entitled  to  one-half  of  any  fine 
imposed  by  the  Mayor  or  City  Judge,  under  sections  6 and  9 of 
said  ordinance  or  either  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  Upon  the  payment  of  the  fine  so  imposed  and  collect- 
ed, the  Mayor  or  City  Judge  shall  pay  to  the  informer  or  informers 
the  one-half  of  said  fine  so  collected. 

(Amendment  of  September  15,  1883,  as  amended  by  ordinances 
approved  November  3,  1891,  and  September  9,  1895). 

Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  cry  or  openly  expose  for  sale  any 
wares,  merchandise,  fruit,  herbs,  meats,  fish,  goods  or  chattels, 
or  keep  open  any  shop,  store  or  place  in  which  said  articles  are 
sold,  or  in  which  the  occupation  of  barber,  shoemaker,  blacksmith, 
silversmith  or  other  trade  requiring  the  exercise  of  manual  labor  is 
carried  on,  on  the  first  day  of  the  week,  commonly  called  Sunday, 
except  in  cases  of  necessity  and  the  sale  of  milk  and  medicine.  And 
any  person  violating  this  section  shall  upon  conviction  thereof  be 
fined  in  a sum  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned 
in  the  city  or  county  jail  not  exceeding  ten  days,  or  both,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Court.  Provided,  however,  that  this  section  shall 
not  apply  to  any  person  who  habitually  observes  the  seventh  day, 
commonly  called  Saturday  as  the  Sabbath  and  who  carries  on  his 
business  within  his  premises  in  such  a manner  as  not  to  disturb 
the  religious  observance  of  Sunday  as  the  Sabbath. 

Sec.  4.  No  person  shall  maliciously  injure,  cut  down  or  other- 
w’ise  destroy  any  tree,  shoot  or  the  guards  placed  around  the  same, 
or  any  lamp  post  standing  in  any  of  the  streets  or  public  grounds  in 
the  city,  or  tie  any  horse  or  other  animal  thereto,  under  a penalty 
not  exceeding  fifteen  dollars  for  each  offence.  No  person  shall  tie, 
paste,  nail,  tack,  or  otherwise  attach  any  writing,  picture,  paper, 
or  sign  to  any  tree  standing  in  any  street  or  public  grounds  of  said 
city,  or  otherwise  mar  or  deface  any  such  tree,  under  a penalty 
not  exceeding  fifteen  dollars  for  every  offence.  No  person  shall 
tie,  paste,  nail,  tack  or  otherwise  attach  any  writing,  picture,  paper 
or  sign,  except  street  signs,  to  any  telegraph,  telephone  or  electric 


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light  pole  standing  in  any  street  or  public  grounds  of  said  city,  un- 
der a penalty  not  exceeding  fifteen  dollars  for  every  offence. 

Original  ordinance  approved  April  23,  1874. 

Amended  by  ordinances  approved  January  4,  187  5,  December 
7,  1881,  September  15,  1883,  October  7,  1884,  November  3,  1891, 
December  8,  1891,  December  27,  1893,  September  9,  1895,  May  23, 
1901,  June  11,  1907,  August  6,  1907,  NovemlDer  8,  1911. 


An  Ordinance  for  the  Suppression  of  Vice  and  Immorality 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  no  person  or  persons  shall  on  the  first  day 
of  the  week,  commonly  called  Sunday,  sell,  dispose  of,  or  offer  or 
expose  for  sale,  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  sold,  disposed  of  or  of- 
fered or  exposed  for  sale,  any  cider  of  any  description,  under  pen- 
alty of  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  of- 
fence. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  so  far 
as  they  are  inconsistent  herewith  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Approved  February  7,  1896. 


An  Ordinance  to  Provide  for  the  Relief  and  Support  of  the  Poor 
of  the  City  of  Plainfield.* 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Common  Council,  in  pur- 
suance of  the  authority  conferred  by  the  Charter,  to  order  and 
cause  to  be  assessed  and  raised  by  tax  in  each  year  such  sum  or 
sums  of  money  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  support  of  the  city  poor, 
and  the  moneys  so  raised  shall  constitute  a separate  fund  for  such 
purpose,  and  be  disbursed  by  the  City  Treasurer  only  on  warrants 
issued  by  order  of  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  nominate  to  the 
Common  Council  and,  subject  to  its  approval,  appoint,  on  the  first 
Monday  in  February  in  each  year,  a suitable  person  for  Overseer 
of  the  Poor,  whose  powers  and  duties  shall  be  such  as  are  herein 
prescribed,  and  who,  when  confirmed  by  the  Common  Council, 


* See  P,  L.,  1S93,  p.  495,  and  P.  L.  1901,  p.  41.  See  also  P.  L.  1911,  p.  350. 


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and  officially  qualified,  shall  enter  upon  his  duties,  and  unless  sooner 
removed,  continue  in  office  until  the  first  Monday  in  February 
next  ensuing,  or  until  the  confirmation  of  another  person  nominated 
and  appointed  to  succeed  him;  and  such  Overseer  of  the  Poor  shall 
receive  such  compensation  for  his  services,  to  be  paid  out  of  the 
moneys  raised  for  the  relief  and  support  of  the  city  poor,  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  fixed  by  resolution  of  the  Common  Council. 
If  any  such  nomination  and  appointment  shall,  upon  vote  thereon 
by  the  Common  Council,  be  not  confirmed,  or  in  case  any  vacancy 
in  the  office  of  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  shall  occur  at  any  time,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  nominate  to  the  Common  Coun- 
cil, and  subject  to  its  approval,  appoint  at  each  succeeding  regular 
or  adjourned  meeting,  a different  person  for  Overseer  of  the  Poor, 
not  before  nominated  for  that  office  during  the  then  current  year, 
until  a nomination  and  appointment  for  that  office  shall  be  con- 
firmed. 

Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  receive  support  or  relief  out  of  the 
moneys  raised  in  pursuance  of  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance 
who  has  not  obtained  a legal  settlement,  or  become  legally  en- 
titled to  relief  in  this  city,  or  who  has  any  relative  able  and  legally 
bound  to  relieve  or  maintain  him  or  her;  and  no  male  person 
over  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  able  to  work,  shall  receive  support 
or  relief  except  in  return  for  labor  performed  by  him,  either  upon 
the  city  streets  under  the  direction  of  the  Street  Commissioner,  or 
otherwise,  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor;  and  in  any  such  case 
only  to  an  extent  equal  to  the  fair  value  of  such  labor  performed. 

Sec.  4.  No  person  otherwise  entitled  thereto  shall  receive 
support  or  relief,  except  on  personal  application  to  the  City  Judge, 
or  in  his  absence,  to  the  Mayor,  at  such  time  and  place  as  the  City 
Judge  or  Mayor  shall  appoint;  and  upon  every  such  application  the 
officer  to  whom  the  same  is  made  shall  examine  the  applicant  upon 
oath  or  affirmation  touching  his  or  her  name,  age,  place  of  birth, 
occupation,  family  and  relatives,  place  or  places  of  residence  for 
the  three  years  next  preceding,  and  his  or  her  last  place  or  places 
of  legal  settlement,  and  as  to  whether  he  or  she  is  then  receiv- 
ing relief  from  any,  and  if  so,  what  other  source,  or  has  before  re- 
ceived support  or  relief  ftom  this  city,  and  if  so,  when  and  for 
what  time,  the  necessity  for  the  relief  sought,  and  such  other  mat- 
ters as  such  officer  may  deem  important  to  be  considered  in  con- 
nection with  such  application;  and  the  testimony  of  every  such  ap- 
plicant concerning  the  matters  aforesaid  shall  be  reduced  to  writ- 
ing and  subscribed  by  him  or  her;  and  upon  every  application  such 
officer  shall  satisfy  himself  as  to  the  ability  of  the  applicant  to  work, 
and  he  may  require  such  further  evidence  touching  any  of  the 


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matters  aforesaid  as  lie  may  doem  necessary  in  order  to  enable  him 
to  determine  the  justness  of  such  application;  but  in  any  case  it 
shall  appear  by  the  certificate  of  the  City  Physician  that  any  per- 
son seeking  or  needing  relief  is  physically  or  mentally  incapable 
of  making  the  personal  application  and  oath  or  affirmation  afore- 
said, the  same  may  be  dispensed  with,  and  the  aforesaid  particulars 
concerning  the  person  seeking  or  needing  relief  shall  be  ascertained 
by  such  officer  by  the  best  other  obtainable  evidence.  If  therefore 
it  shall  appear  to  such  officer  that  such  applicant  is  entitled  to  re- 
lief, he  shall  give  to  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  a certificate  to  that 
effect,  which  in  case  of  every  application  shall  state  whether  in  the 
opinion  of  such  officer  such  applicant  is  able  to  work  and  which 
shall  be  attached  to  the  evidence  taken  upon  such  application,  and 
the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  shall  file  such  certificate  and  evidence  in 
the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  within  two  days  after  he  shall  have  re- 
ceived the  same. 

Sec.  5.  The  Oversoer  of  the  Poor,  before  granting  relief  to 
any  person  on  the  certificate  of  the  City  Judge  or  Mayor,  shall  enter 
in  a well-bound,  properly-indexed  book,  to  be  procured  by  him  at 
the  cost  of  the  city  poor  fund,  and  kept  by  him  for  that  purpose, 
the  name,  age,  place  of  birth,  sex,  residence  and  occupation  of  such 
person,  whether  such  person  has  a legal  settlement  in  this  city, 
is  at  the  timo  receiving  any,  and  if  so,  what  relief  from  any  other 
source,  and  whether  he  or  she  has  any  relative  able  or  legally  bound 
to  relieve  or  maintain  him  or  her,  and  if  so,  who;  together  with  a 
memorandum  of  the  causes  which  have  operated  to  constitute  such 
person  a pauper,  so  far  as  the  same  can  be  ascertained;  and  after 
such  entry  shall  have  been  made,  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  may 
grant  such  person  such  relief  as  in  his  judgment  the  necessities  of 
such  person  shall  require,  by  an  order  or  orders  signed  by  him  on 
such  person  or  persons  or  association  or  corporation  as  he  may 
designate,  subject  to  and  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the 
sixth  section  of  this  ordinance,  for  beef,  salt  pork,  salt  fish,  flour, 
oat  meal,  yeast,  bread,  beans,  rice,  potatoes,  coffee  or  tea,  milk,  su- 
gar, salt,  vinegar,  pepper,  coal,  wood,  clothing,  soap,  candles,  or  kero- 
sene oil  and  matches,  or  one  or  moro  of  such  articles,  and  no  others, 
except  as  hereinafter  provided;  but  in  no  case  shall  the  Overseer 
of  the  Poor  grant  to  any  person  a greater  number  or  more  of  sneh 
articles,  nor  shall  such  relief  continue  for  a longer  period  than 
the  actual  necessities  of  such  person  shall  require,  and  before  is- 
suing any  order  for  supplies  or  for  relief  of  any  kind  under  this 
ordinance  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  shall  satisfy  himself  by  proper 
investigation  that  the  relief  sought  is  at  the  time  actually  necessary 
in  the  particular  case;  and  no  such  order,  to  be  filled  in  the  dis- 


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cretion  of  the  person  in  whose  favor  the  same  is  drawn,  shall  in 
any  case  be  granted,  but  every  such  order  shall  clearly  specify  and 
state  upon  its  face  the  items,  nature,  quality  and  quantity  of  the 
articles  to  be  furnished,  and  in  no  case  shall  relief  granted  consist, 
in  whole  or  part,  of  money  or  credit;  but  other  supplies  may  be 
furnished  by  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  on  certificate  of  the  City 
Physician,  previously  obtained,  that  such  other  supplies  are  neces- 
sary to  the  health  of  the  person  in  whose  behalf  such  certificate 
shall  be  made;  and  in  every  case,  before  delivering  any  order  or 
relief,  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  shall  enter  in  a separate  book,  to 
be  by  him  procured  at  the  expense  of  the  city  poor  fund,  and  kept 
for  such  purpose,  a statement  of  the  date  of  such  order,  and  in 
whose  favor  issued,  and  of  the  nature  and  items  of  the  relief  granted, 
and  the  quality  and  quantity  of  all  articles  ordered  to  be  supplied 
and  to  whom  granted. 

Sec.  6.  The  Overseer  of  the  Poor  shall  receive  and  consider 
all  written  offers  which  shall  from  time  to  time  be  made  to  him 
to  furnish  any  article  or  articles  by  the  fifth  section  of  this  or- 
dinance authorized  to  be  supplied  to  poor  persons,  and  if,  before 
granting  relief  in  any  particular  case,  he  shall  have  received  from 
any  person  or  persons,  or  association  or  corporation  any  offer  or 
offers  which  remain  in  force  to  supply  such  article  or  articles  as  is, 
or  are,  or  shall  be  needed  or  appropriate  in  such  case  at  any  speci- 
fied price  or  prices,  such  article  or  articles  needed  or  appropriate 
in  such  case  shall  be  obtained  from,  and  the  order  therefor  shall  be 
on,  the  person  or  persons,  association  or  corporation,  who  or  which 
shall  have  offered  to  supply  such  articles,  or  similar  articles,  at 
the  lov/est  price  mentioned  in  any  offer  to  furnish  such  or  similar 
articles  received  by  him.  Provided,  however,  that  the  Overseer  of 
the  Poor  shall  transmit  to  the  Common  Council  at  its  regular  meet- 
ing on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month  all  offers  to  provide  articles 
by  this  ordinance  authorized  to  be  supplied  to  poor  persons,  which 
shall  have  been  received  by  him  during  the  month  next  preceding, 
and  that  the  Common  Council  may  from  time  to  time  designate 
by  resolution  the  person  or  persons,  or  association  or  corporation, 
upon  whom  or  which  any  or  all  orders  for  supplies  to  poor  per- 
sons under  this  ordinance  shall  be  drawn;  and  in  cases  other  than 
those  provided  for  by  the  third  section  of  this  ordinance  may  declare 
whether  any  labor  shall  be  performed  in  payment  therefor. 

Sec.  7.  The  books  of  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  shall  at  all 
times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  resident  of  the  city,  and  on 
the  first  Monday  in  February  in  each  year  shall  be.  submitted  to  the 
Common  Council.  On  the  first  Mondays  of  February,  May,  August 
and  November  in  every  year,  the  Overseer  shall  present  to  the 


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Council  a report  of  his  doings  for  tho  next  preceding  quarter,  and 
no  relief  after  the  first  Monday  of  February  of  each  year  shall  be 
granted  by  him  until  this  ordinance  to  any  person  previously  aided, 
without  a new  application  to  the  City  Judge  or  Mayor  as  provided 
in  section  four  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  8.  All  claims  against  the  city  for  supplies  furnished  un- 
der this  ordinance,  shall  be  sent  to  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  with  all 
his  orders,  in  pursuance  of  which  such  supplies  were  furnished  at- 
tached and  verified  by  the  affidavit  of  the  claimants  or  one  of  them 
in  the  following  form: 

Union  County,  1 

I ss 

City  of  Plainfield,  J 

being  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  says 

that  he  is the  claimant  named  in  the  annexed  account 

for  supplies,  amounting  to dollars;  that  the  said  account  is  in 

all  things  just  and  true,  and  that  all  of  the  articles  enumerated 
therein  were  actually  furnished  and  delivered  by  said  claimant  in 
pursuance  of  written  orders  by  the  proper  authorities,  all  of  which 
orders  are  hereunto  annexed:  that  the  prices  in  said  account  men- 
tioned are  fair  and  reasonable,  and  no  greater  than  those  charged 
for  goods  of  like  description  to  ordinary  customers;  that  no  fees, 
perquisites,  commissions,  percentages  or  allowances  of  any  kind 
whatever  have  been  made  or  agreed  to  be  made,  and  that  none  will 
be  made  directly  or  indirectly  to  any  person  in  consideration  of 
the  purchase  or  procurement  of  said  articles  or  any  of  them  from 
said  claimant,  and  that  the  amount  of  said  claimant  is  wholly  un- 
paid and  is  justly  due  to  said  claimant. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this 

....  day  of . . . . 1 . . . 

and  if  such  claims  shall  appear  to  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  to  be 
correct,  he  shall  attach  to  each  of  them  his  affidavit  in  the  fol- 
lowing form: 

Union  County, 

City  of  Plainfield, 

being  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  says 

that  he  is  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  of  said  City  of  Plainfield;  that 

the  annexed  claim  for  supplies  amounting  to dollars,  is  in 

all  things  just  and  true,  and  that  all  the  orders  thereto  attached 
in  pursuance  of  which  such  supplies  were  granted,  were  given  by 
him  under  the  ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the 


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Relief  and  Support  of  the  Poor  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,”  adopted 

by  the  Common  Council  in 18.  with  all  the  provisions  of 

which  ordinance  he  has  fully  complied. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this 

. . . .day  of.  ...  1.  . . 

and  all  claims  for  supplies  furnished  upon  the  certificate  of  the  City 
Physician,  shall  in  addition  be  accompanied  by  his  affidavit  in  the 
following  form: 

Union  County, 

Ciiy  of  Plainfield, 

being  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  says 

that  he  is  the  City  Physician  of  the  City  of  Plainfield;  that  the  sup- 
plies mentioned  in  the  annexed  claim  amounting  to dollars, 

were  furnished  in  pursuance  of  his  certificate  of  the  necessity  there- 
for, previously  given,  and  that  in  his  judgment  such  supplies  were 
necessary  to  the  health  of  the  person  for  whose  relief  the  same  wore 
ordered. 

Sworn  to  before  me  this 

. . . .day  of . . . . 1. . . 

and  all  such  claims  with  the  accompanying  orders  and  affidavits, 
shall  then  be  presented  by  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  to  the  Com- 
mon Council  through  any  one  of  the  members,  and  all  claims  so 
authenticated  and  appearing  on  examination  by  the  Common  Coun- 
cil or  its  appropriate  committee,  to  be  correct  shall  be  ordered  to 
be  paid. 

Sec.  9.  If  any  person  certified  by  the  City  Judge  or  Mayor 
under  this  ordinance  to  be  entitled  to  relief  shall  be  in  need  of 
shelter,  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  may  provide  necessary  shelter 
for  such  person,  but  no  such  shelter  shall  be  provided  at  city  expeuse 
for  a term  exceeding  two  months,  unless  before  the  expiration  of 
such  two  months  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  shall  have  made  known 
to  the  Common  Council  the  name  of  the  person  needing  such  shel- 
ter, and  whether  he  or  she  is  able  to  work;  the  place  where  it  is 
proposed  to  furnish  such  shelter;  the  price  which  it  is  proposed  to 
pay  therefor;  whether  it  is  proposed  that  any,  and  if  any  what  labor 
shall  be  performed  by  such  person,  in  whole  or  in  part  payment 
therefor;  and  whether  any  other  persons  receiving  relief  under  this 
ordinance  are  sheltered  in  the  same  place,  and  the  Common  Coun- 
cil shall  have  investigated  the  case  through  its  appropriate  com- 
mittees, and  shall  have  authorized  the  same,  and  all  claims  against 


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the  city  for  shelter  supplied  under  this  ordinance  shall  state 
whether  any,  and  if  any,  what  labor  has  been  performed  by  the  per- 
son sheltered,  in  whole  or  in  part  payment  therefor,  and  the  fair  val- 
ue thereof;  and  in  every  such  case  proper  credit  shall  be  given  to  the 
city  upon  such  claim  for  the  fair  value  of  such  labor;  and  each 
such  claim  shall  be  presented  in  writing  to  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor 
accompanied  by  the  affidavit  of  the  claimants  or  one  of  them,  that 
the  shelter  for  which  such  claim  is  made  has  actually  been  supplied 
by  such  claimants  or  claimant,  in  pursuance  of  orders  by  the  Over- 
seer of  the  Poor,  that  all  of  the  statements  in  such  claim  are  true; 
and  that  the  amount  of  such  claim  is  justly  due  from  the  city  to 
such  claimants  or  claimant,  and  unpaid;  and  if  the  Overseer  of 
the  Poor  shall  upon  examination  find  such  claim  correct,  he  shall 
at  once  transmit  the  same  to  the  Common  Council,  accompanied 
by  his  own  affidavit  to  the  effect  that  the  shelter  for  which  such 
elaim  is  made  was  supplied  by  the  claimants  or  claimant  therein 
mentioned  in  pursuance  of  orders  by  him,  under  and  in  accord- 
ance with  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance;  that  the  price  there- 
in charged  for  such  shelter  is  the  price  authorized  to  be  paid  there- 
for by  the  Common  Council,  and  that  such  claim  is  in  all  things 
just;  and  all  claims  for  shelter  so  authenticated  and  appearing  on 
examination  by  the  Common  Council  or  its  appropriate  committee 
to  be  correct,  shall  be  ordered  to  be  paid. 

Sec.  10.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Common  Council  to  cause 
any  person  certified  by  the  City  Judge  or  Mayor  under  this  ordin- 
ance to  be  entitled  to  relief,  to  be  placed  in  any  incorporated  char- 
itable institution  at  the  time  located  in  this  city  to  be  there  re- 
lieved, cared  for,  or  supported  and  from  time  to  time  to  furnish  the 
means  of  such  relief  or  support  in  such  institution  from  the  city  poor 
fund. 

Sec.  11.  The  legal  status  and  liabilities  of  all  poor  persons 
in  this  city,  and  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor 
over  and  concerning  them,  shall  be  such  as  are  defined  and  speci- 
fied in  the  act  of  the  Legislature  of  this  State  entitled  “An  Act 
for  the  settlement  and  Relief  of  the  Poor,”  passed  March  27,  1874, 
excepting  in  so  far  as  the  same  are  otherwise  define!  and  regulated 
by  this  ordinance,  provided,  that  all  such  applications  as  are  by  said 
act  directed  to  be  made  to  one  or  two  Justices  of  the  Peace,  shall 
be  made  to  the  City  Judge,  or  in  his  absence  to  the  Mayor,  and  that 
all  duties  by  said  act  imposed  upon  one  or  two  Justices  of  the  Peace 
shall  be  performed  by  the  City  Judge,  or,  in  his  absence,  by  the 
Mayor. 

Sec.  12.  Any  person  who  shall  in  any  affidavit  or  deposition 
required  by  this  ordinance  wilfully  make  any  false  statement  or 


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shall  in  any  other  respect  offend  against  this  ordinance  shall,  upon 
conviction  thereof,  be  punished  for  each  offence  by  fine  not  ex- 
ceeding fifty  dollars  recoverable  for  the  use  of  the  city,  or  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  city  or  county  jail  for  any  term  not  exceeding 
sixty  days,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  13.  Any  Overseer  of  the  Poor  appointed  under  this  or- 
dinance may,  upon  complaint  of  any  person,  be  removed  from  office 
at  any  time  by  the  affirmative  vote  of  a majority  of  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Common  Council  for  neglect  of  duty,  or  misconduct 
in  office;  but,  before  any  such  removal,  the  Overseer  charged  with 
any  such  neglect  or  misconduct  shall  be  informed  of  the  complaint 
against  him,  and  if  he  so  desires  shall  have  an  opportunity  to  be 
heard  concerning  the  same  before  the  Common  Council  at  such  time 
.and  place  as  the  Common  Council  may  appoint  and  designate  for 
that  purpose. 

Sec.  14.  The  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  provide  for 
the  Relief  of  the  Poor  in  the  City  of  Plainfield,”  passed  August 
12th,  1878,  and  all  ordinances  and  resolutions  and  parts  of  or- 
dinances and  resolutions  which  conflict  with  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed  and  abrogated. 

Sec.  15.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

Adopted  March  15,  1880. 

Re-adopted  April  19,  1880,  notwithstanding  the  objections  of 
the  Mayor. 

Amenilei  by  ordinance  approved  March  5,  1889. 


All  Oidiiiance  Conceiniiig  the  Industrial  Home,  and  the  Inmates 

Thereof. 

'The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  Alms  House  of  the  City  shall  be  known 
and  designated  as  the  City  Industrial  Home. 

Sec.  2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor, 
.and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  to  direct  and  assign 
the  persons  under  his  charge  in  the  said  Industrial  Home  to  such 
employment  or  occupation  as  they  may  respectively  be  capable  of 
pursuing,  and  especially  to  make  such  arrangements  that  all  the 
Tabor  in  the  said  Industrial  Home  shall  be  accomplished  by  the  in- 
mates thereof,  if  consistent  with  their  ability.  To  determine 
’Whether  any  inmate  who  alleges  physical  disability,  infirmity  or 
Tllness,  as  an  excuse  for  failure  to  perform  such  labor  as  may  be 
.assigned  to  said  inmate,  is  feigned  or  genuine,  said  Overseer  may 


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call  to  his  aid  the  City  Physician,  whose  duty  it  shall  he  to  make 
examination  in  the  premises,  and  report  his  conclusion  to  said  Over- 
seer. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Overseer  of  the  Poor  and 
the  Superintendent  and  the  Matron  of  said  Industrial  Home  to  care- 
fully observe  and  strictly  enforce  the  Rules  and  Regulations  adopt- 
ed by  the  Common  Council  from  time  to  time,  in  relation  to  the  gov- 
ernment and  discipline  of  the  said  Industrial  Home. 

Approved  June  5,  1900. 


An  Ordinance  Providing  for  the  Licensing  and  Regulating  of  Ped- 
dlers, Hawkers,  Cartmen,  and  the  Owners  and  Drivers  of  Vehi- 
cles used  for  hire;  and  Concerning  Street  Traffic  Regulations. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  Mayor  of  said  City  is  hereby  authorized 
to  grant  licenses  under  his  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  city  to  so  many 
and  to  such  persons  as  he  shall  think  proper,  of  good  moral  char- 
acter, and  otherwise  qualified  according  to  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  and  to  incorporated  companies,  to  carry  on,  wholly  or  in 
part,  within  the  limits  of  the  city,  the  business  of  peddler,  hawker 
or  cartman,  to  drive  or  keep  for  use  for  hire  hack,  omnibus,  stage, 
truck,  motor  vehicle  or  other  vehicle  for  the  transportation  of  pas- 
sengers, baggage  or  merchandise,  according  to  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance;  and  the  City  Clerk  shall  keep  a detailed  record  of  all 
licenses  so  granted. 

Sec.  2.  That  every  application  for  any  such  license  shall  be  in 
writing,  signed  by  the  applicant,  stating  his  place  of  residence,  and 
the  purpose  for  which  such  license  is  asked.  Every  applicant  for  a 
peddler’s  or  hawker’s  license  shall  specify  whether  he  proposes  to 
conduct  his  business  with  a horse  and  wagon  or  with  a handcart  or 
on  foot  without  wheeled  vehicle.  Every  applicant  for  driver’s  license 
shall  endorse  on  his  application  the  names  of  three  reputable  citi- 
zens to  whom  reference  is  made  as  to  the  character  of  the  applicant. 
Every  applicant  for  a license  for  a motor  vehicle  shall  set  forth  in 
his  application  that  his  motor  vehicle  has  seating  capacity  for  at 
least  four  passengers,  and  that  he  has  equipped  his  said  motor  ve- 
hicle with  a taxameter  of  standard  make  affixed  to  the  front  axle  of 
said  motor  vehicle  and  so  constructed  and  adjusted  as  to  indicate 
automatically  on  the  dial  of  said  taxameter  the  charges  for  distance 
in  accordance  with  the  charges  fixed  by  this  ordinance.  Every  appli- 
cant under  this  ordinance  for  a license  of  any  kind  shall  definitely 
agree  in  his  said  application  to  conform  to  and  abide  by  the  regula- 


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tions  prescribed  or  to  be  prescribed  hereafter  by  the  Board  of  Po- 
lice of  the  City  of  Plainfield  with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  to  reg- 
ulate traffic  upon  the  public  streets  and  with  respect  to  the  standing 
and  movement  of  vehicles  at  or  near  the  several  railroad  stations 
and  other  places  of  public  assemblage  or  crowded  vehicular  traffic. 

Sec.  3.  That  no  person  or  corporation  shall  pursue,  or  in  any 
manner  carry  on,  as  owner  or  as  agent  for  another,  within  the  limits 
of  said  city,  the  business  of  peddler  or  hawker  without  being  first 
licensed  therefor,  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  un- 
der a penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense,  provided  that 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  farmers  and  gardeners  from 
selling  the  products  of  the  farms  owned  or  occupied  by  them,  or 
milkmen  from  carrying  on  their  business  in  said  city  without  a 
license  under  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  4.  That  no  person  or  corporation  shall  drive,  keep  or  use 
for  hire  or  wages,  or  cause  to  be  driven,  kept  or  used  for  hire  or 
wages  any  cart,  truck,  hack,  omnibus,  stage,  motor  vehicle  or  other 
vehicle  for  the  transportation  of  passengers,  baggage  or  merchandise 
of  any  kind,  wholly  or  in  part  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  without 
being  first  licensed  therefor,  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, under  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense,  (pro- 
vided that  none  of  the  requirements  contained  in  this  section  shall 
apply  to  owners  or  drivers  of  any  livery  stable  vehicles,  other  than 
those  vehicles  kept  by  them  for  the  use  of  passengers  solicited  at 
the  railway  stations  or  elsewhere  within  the  city  limits.  One  license 
and  one  only  shall  be  required  for  each  cart,  truck,  hack,  omnibus, 
stage,  motor  vehicle  or  other  vehicle,  but  for  each  driver  other  than 
the  owner  of  such  licensed  cart,  truck,  hack,  omnibus,  stage,  motor 
vehicle  or  other  vehicle,  a separate  license  shall  be  required. 

Sec.  5.  That  each  license  granted  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  March  next  following  the 
granting  of  the  same,  and  shall  state  the  object  for  which  it  is  giv- 
en, the  name  of  the  person  or  corporation  licensed,  the  number  of 
the  license,  and  the  date  of  its  expiration,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the 
Mayor  and  attested  by  the  City  Clerk  and  countersigned  by  the  Chief 


of  Police. 

Sec.  6.  That  for  licenses  under  this  ordinance  the  fees  to  be 
paid  shall  be  as  follows: 

For  license  as  aforesaid: 

(a)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a hack,  omnibus  or  stage  with 

one  horse $5.00 

(b)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a hack,  omnibus  or  stage  with 

two  horses $7.50 

(c)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  an  expressman  with  one  horse 

and  wagon $5.00 


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(d)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  an  expressman  with  two  horses 

and  wagon  $7.&0 

<e)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a truckman  with  one  horse 

and  wagon  $5.00 

(f)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a truckman  with  two  horses  and 

wagon  $7.50 

<g)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a cartman  with  one  horse  and 

wagon  $5.00 

(h)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a cartman  with  two  horses  and 

wagon  $7.50 

<i)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a motor  vehicle,  as  defined  in 
Chapter  113  of  the  Laws  of  New  Jersey  for  the  year 

1906  $10.00 

<j)  To  the  driver  in  case  of  a separate  driver’s  license  addi- 
tional to  the  owner’s  license $1.00 

<k)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a peddler  with  one  horse  and 

wagon  $25.00 

(l)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a peddler  with  hand-cart $20.00 

(m)  To  the  owner  in  case  of  a peddler  on  foot  without 

wheeled  vehicle $15.00 


A duly  licensed  expressman,  truckman  or  cartman  may  have 
one  assistant  for  each  licensed  wagon.  A duly  licensed  peddler  with 
horse  and  wagon  may  have  one  assistant  and  only  one. 

In  each  instance  the  license  fee  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk 
prior  to  the  issuing  of  the  license,  and  shall  be  paid  by  the  City 
Clerk  to  the  City  Treasurer  for  the  use  of  the  city.  In  addition  to 
the  fee  for  license  hereinabove  specified,  every  person  or  corpora- 
tion licensed  shall  prior  to  receiving  his  or  its  license  pay  to  the 
City  Clerk  the  City  Clerk’s  fee  of  fifty  cents  for  issuing  the  license. 

Also  in  addition  in  each  case  $1.00  to  be  deposited  with  the 
Chief  of  Police  for  badge,  said  $1.00  to  be  returned  on  return  of 
badge. 

Sec.  7.  That  no  person  licensed  under  this  ordinance  nor  any 
person  in  the  employ  of  any  person  or  corporation  licensed  under  this 
ordinance,  shall  stand  or  remain  upon  any  sidewalk  or  in  any  street 
or  any  other  public  place  in  this  city,  for  the  purpose  of  soliciting 
custom  or  selling  or  exposing  for  sale  any  wares  or  merchandise  lon- 
ger than  ten  minutes  at  any  one  time,  if  requested  to  move  from 
any  such  place  by  any  officer  of  the  city,  or  by  the  owner  or  occu- 
pant of  any  premises  in  front  of  or  opposite  which  any  such  person 
may  then  be  as  aforesaid;  but  upon  such  request  to  move,  such  per- 
son so  requested  shall  move  with  the  vehicle,  goods,  wares  and  mer- 
chandise in  his  charge  to  a point'  at  least  250  feet  distant  from  the 
point  from  which  he  may  be  requested  to  move  before  stopping  for 
the  purpose  of  soliciting  custom;  and  at  no  time  shall  any  person  or 


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corporation  licensed  under  this  ordinance,  or  any  person  in  the  em- 
ploy of  such  licensed  person  or  corporation,  solicit  custom  in  such 
way  as  to  obstruct  travel  or  cause  annoyance  or  damage  to  any  per- 
son, or  solicit  custom  or  proclaim  merchandise  for  sale  in  a loud 
or  boisterous  manner;  and  at  all  times  any  person  licensed  under 
this  ordinance,  or  any  one  in  the  employ  of  any  person  or  corpora- 
tion licensed  under  this  ordinance,  shall  move  from  any  point  in  any 
public  place  or  street  at  which  such  person  may  be  awaiting  or  so- 
liciting custom  or  selling  or  exposing  for  sale  any  wares  and  mer- 
chandise, when  requested  so  to  do  by  any  police  officer  of  the  city. 
And  any  and  every  person  who  or  corporation  which  shall  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on  conviction,  be  pun- 
ished by  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars.  Provided,  that  nothing 
, in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  licensed  hackmen, 
expressmen  or  truckmen  from  standing  with  their  vehicles  on  North 
avenue  for  a longer  time  than  ten  minutes  subject  to  the  other  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  8.  That  every  person  or  corporation  so  licensed  with  re- 
spect to  any  hack,  omnibus,  stage,  motor  vehicle  or  other  vehicle 
for  the  transportation  of  passengers  must  have  a lamp  on  both  sides 
of  each  vehicle  which  must  be  lighted  from  one  hour  after  sunset 
to  one  hour  before  sunrise  and  shall  as  soon  as  licensed,  cause  the 
number  of  his  or  its  license  to  be  permanently  and  conspicuously 
placed  or  painted  in  figures,  not  less  than  one  inch  and  a half  in 
height,  upon  the  outside  of  the  lamps  on  both  sides  of  each  vehicle 
for  which  said  license  shall  have  been  granted,  and  every  person  so 
licensed,  and  the  driver  of  every  such  vehicle  shall  wear  in  a con- 
spicuous place  upon  his  person  while  engaged  in  the  business  for 
which  the  license  shall  have  been  granted,  so  as  to  be  easily  seen, 
a badge  to  be  furnished  by  the  city,  with  the  corresponding  number 
thereon,  and  shall  also  place  and  keep  fastened  within  his  vehicle  in 
a conspicuous  place  to  be  designated  by  the  Chief  of  Police,  a card  or 
plate  to  be  furnished  by  the  city,  with  the  words,  “Hack  License,” 
and  the  number  of  the  license  and  the  year  for  which  it  was  issued, 
and  also  a card  or  plate  to  be  furnished  by  the  city  specifying  the 
rates  of  fare  and  other  regulations. 

Every  expressman,  truck  man  and  cartman,  as  soon  as  he  or  it 
receives  a license  shall  fasten  permanently  on  each  side  of  his  or  its 
wagon  a plate  to  be  furnished  by  the  city  with  the  words,  “Licensed 
Expressman,”  “Licensed  Truckman,”  or  “Licensed  Cartman,”  as 
the  case  may  be,  with  the  number  of  the  license  and  the  year  and 
date  for  which  issued,  and  every  such  license  and  every  driver  there- 
for shall  also  wear  a badge,  which  will  be  furnished  by  the  city, 
on  which  the  number  of  the  license  is  plainly  displayed.  All  cart- 
men  licensed  for  the  collection  of  ashes  and  other  waste  material. 


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shall  provide  themselves  with  wagons  or  carts  to  be  approved  by 
the  Street  Commissioner  and  shall  sign  an  agreement  to  transport 
and  dump  and  must  transport  and  dump  all  such  material  in  places 
designated  or  to  be  designated  by  the  Street  Commissioner.  Any 
violation  of  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not 
only  subject  the  party  licensed  and  the  driver  to  the  penalty  here- 
inafter provided,  but  for  the  second  offence,  to  a revocation  of  the 
license. 

Every  peddler  with  horse  and  wagon  shall  as  soon  as  licensed 
place  on  each  side  of  his  or  its  wagon  a plate  to  be  furnished  by 
the  city,  giving  the  number  of  his  or  its  license,  and  the  year  for 
which  licensed,  and  every  such  person,  and  every  person  acting  on 
behalf  of  a corporation  so  licensed,  shall  wear  on  his  person  in  a 
conspicuous  place,  a badge  to  be  furnished  by  the  city  with  the  cor-  • 
responding  number.  If  the  wagon  or  badge  is  loaned,  hired,  or  al- 
lowed to  be  used  by  any  other  person  than  the  person  lawfully  en- 
titled, that  shall  constitute  an  offense  under  this  section,  and  in 
addition  to  the  penalty  hereinafter  provided,  shall  subject  the  owner 
to  a revocation  of  the  license. 

Every  person  licensed  as  a peddler  with  hand-cart  or  on  foot 
without  wheeled  vehicle,  and  every  person  acting  on  behalf  of  a 
corporation  so  licensed,  shall  wear  on  his  person  in  a conspicuous 
place  a badge,  to  be  furnished  by  the  city,  with  the  number  of  the 
license,  and  if  this  badge  is  loaned  or  hired  or  allowed  to  be  used 
by  any  other  person  than  the  person  lawfully  entitled  to  wear  it, 
that  shall  constitute  an  offense  under  this  section,  and  in  addition 
to  the  penalty  hereinafter  provided,  shall  subject  the  owner  to  a 
revocation  of  the  license.  Every  person  or  corporation  violating 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  of  the  ordinance,  shall,  on  con- 
viction thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars 
lor  each  offence. 

Sec.  9.  That  any  license  granted  under  this  ordinance  may  be 
suspended  or  revoked  by  the  Mayor  or  City  Judge  upon  proof  to 
the  satisfaction  of  either  that  such  licensed  person,  or  in  case  of  a 
corporation,  any  person  acting  on  its  behalf,  has  been  guilty  of 
fraud  with  respect  to  making  charges  against  any  passenger  of  pas- 
sengers, or  that  the  owner  or  driver  of  any  motor  vehicle  has  prac- 
ticed fraud  with  respect  to  the  recording  by  his  taxameter  of  the 
distance  traveled,  or  the  charges  for  distance,  or  has  violated  any 
other  city  ordinance,  or  without  justifiable  cause  has  been  disre- 
spectful toward  any  passenger  or  toward  any  person  seeking  to  be- 
come a passenger;  provided,  that  no  license  shall  be  so  suspended 
or  revoked  without  reasonable  opportunity  first  afforded  to  the 
licensed  person  or  corporation  to  be  heard  on  his  or  its  own  behalf; 
and  every  person  or  corporation  who  or  which  shall  during  the  s.us- 


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pension  or  after  the  revocation  of  his  or  its  license,  carry  on  the 
business  for  which  such  license  was  granted,  shall,  on  conviction,  be 
punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  10.  That  any  person  or  corporation  licensed  under  this 
ordinance  to  use  for  hire  or  wages  any  hack,  omnibus,  stage,  motor 
vehicle  or  other  vehicle  for  the  carriage  of  passengers,  may  charge 
therefor  the  following  rates,  but  no  more,  that  is  to  say: 

(a)  As  to  all  vehicles  except  “motor  vehicles”  as  defined  in 
chapter  113  of  the  Laws  of  New  Jersey  for  the  year  1906,  for  the 
carriage  of  any  passenger  or  passengers  from  any  point  within  to 
any  point  within  that  part  of  the  city  included  within  the  following 
boundaries,  that  is  to  say:  Beginning  at  a point  where  the  north- 
easterly side  line  of  Johnston  Avenue  produced  would  intersect 
Green  Brook;  thence  along  said  line  and  the  northeasterly  side  line 
•of  Johnston  Avenue  to  North  Avenue;  thence  in  the  same  course 
in  a direct  line  to  the  northwesterly  side  line  of  South  Avenue; 
thence  along  said  side  line  of  South  Avenue  to  the  easterly  side  line 
of  Woodland  Avenue,  produced;  thence  along  said  line  and  the  east- 
erly line  of  Woodland  Avenue  to  the  southerly  side  line  of  Martine 
Avenue;  thend;e  along  said  side  line  of  Martine  Avenue  to  the  east- 
erly side  line  of  Hillside  Avenue;  thence  along  said  side  line  of  Hill- 
;side  Avenue  to  the  southerly  side  line  of  Randolph  Road;  thence 
along  said  side  line  of  Randolph  Road  to  the  southwesterly  side  line 
• of  Plainfield  Avenue;  thence  in  a straight  line  to  the  intersection  of 
the  southwesterly  side  line  of  Spooner  Avenue  with  the  southeasterly 
side  line  of  West  Eighth  Street;  thence  along  said  side  line  of  West 
Eighth  Street  to  the  southwesterly  side  line  of  Grant  Avenue;  thence 
along  said  side  line  of  Grant  Avenue  and  the  southwesterly  side  line 
•of  West  End  Avenue  to  the  northwesterly  city  line  in  Green  Brook; 
thence  following  the  northwesterly  city  line  to  the  intersection  of 
said  city  line  with  the  northeasterly  side  line  of  Johnston  Avenue, 
produced,  the  point  and  place  of  beginning;  twenty-five  cents  for  one 
-passenger  carried  and  fifty  cents  for  two  or  three  passengers  carried 
from  the  same  point  to  the  same  destination  at  the  same  time  and 
•from  any  point  within  to  any  point  without  the  aforesaid  limits  the 
•sum  of  fifty  cents  for  one  passenger  and  twenty-five  cents  for  each 
.additional  passenger;  provided,  however,  that  after  eleven  o’clock 
at  night  until  five  o’clock  in  the  morning,  the  charges  may  be  double 
the  said  fares;  and  whenever  any  such  hack,  omnibus,  stage  or  other 
vehicle  shall  be  engaged  by  the  hour  the  person  licensed  to  use  for 
hire  or  wages  any  such  hack,  omnibus,  stage  or  other  vehicle  may 
charge  one  dollar  for  the  first  hour  and  seventy-five  cents  for  each 
..additional  hour. 

(b)  As  to  all  “motor  vehicles”  as  defined  in  Chapter  113  of 
.the  Laws  of  New  Jersey  for  the  year  1906:  For  any  number  of  pas- 


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sengers  from  one  to  four  inclusive,  for  the  first  half  mile  or  fraction 
thereof,  thirty  cents;  for  each  quarter  mile  thereafter,  ten  cents;  for 
each  six  minutes  waiting,  ten  cents;  and  for  ordering  such  motor  ve- 
hicle within  one  mile  and  a half  from  any  stand  or  station  to  the 
point  ordered  at  which  the  passenger  or  passengers  enter  said  motor 
vehicle,  no  charge  shall  be  made;  and  for  ordering  such  motor  ve- 
hicle more  than  a mile  and  a half  from  any  stand  or  station  to  the 
point  at  which  the  passenger  or  passengers  enter  said  motor  vehicle, 
a charge  may  be  made  at  the  rate  of  twenty  cents  for  each  mile  or 
fraction  thereof  in  excess  of  one  mile  and  a half;  provided,  that  chil- 
dren under  ten  years  of  age  shall  not  be  counted  as  passengers  if 
accompanied  by  older  persons. 

(c)  That  any  person  licensed  under  this  ordinance  as  Express- 
man  may  charge  for  the  delivery  of  each  trunk,  bag  or  other  piece  of 
baggage  the  following  rates,  but  no  more,  that  is  to  say:  Prom  any 
point  within  to  any  point  within  the  boundaries  described  in  para- 
graph (a),  twenty-five  cents  and  from  any  point  within  to  any  point 
without  said  boundaries,  fifty  cents. 

That  every  person  or  corporation  licensed  as  aforesaid  and  the 
driver  of  every  hack,  omnibus,  stage,  motor  vehicle,  or  other  ve- 
hicle for  the  carriage  of  passengers  or  baggage  who  shall  demand 
for  any  service  mentioned  in  this  section  more  than  the  amount  or 
rate  fixed  herein  for  such  service  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be 
punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  the  first  offence, 
and  by  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  and  a forfeiture  of  the 
license  which  may  have  been  issued,  for  any  offence  subsequent  to 
the  first. 

Sec.  11.  That  the  first  applicant  to  any  person  or  corporation 
licensed  to  drive,  keep  or  use  for  hire  or  wages  any  hack,  omnibus, 
stage,  motor  vehicle  or  other  vehicle  for  the  transportation  of  pas-- 
sengers  wholly  or  in  part  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Plainfield, 
shall  be  entitled  to  conveyance  to  any  point  that  the  said  applicant 
may  desire  to  reach  within  the  city  limits;  and  any  refusal  on  the 
part  of  the  driver  or  owner  of  such  licensed  vehicle  to  comply  with 
the  request  shall  render  liable  said  owner  or  driver  to  a fine  not 
exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  the  first  offence,  and  twenty  dollars 
for  a second  offence,  and  twenty  dollars  and  the  revocation  of  the 
license  for  a third  offence. 

Sec.  12.  No  owner  or  driver  of  any  hack,  omnibus,  stage,- 
motor  vehicle  or  other  vehicle  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  securing  cus- 
tom, occupy  with  his  vehicle  any  portion  of  the  street  in  front  of 
any  railroad  station  or  any  place  of  public  assemblage  or  entertain- 
ment in  such  a manner  as  to  obstruct  public  travel.  It  shall  not  be- 
lawful  at  or  near  the  said  railroad  stations  or  at  or  near  any  place- 
of  public  assemblage  or  entertainment  for  the  owner  or  driver  of 


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or  any  person  connected  with  any  such  vehicle,  or  any  person  acting 
for  or  in  the  interest  of  the  owner  or  driver  of  any  such  vehicle,  to 
proceed  beyond  the  curb  line  for  the  purpose  of  soliciting  or  securing 
custom,  and  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  such  aforesaid  person  to 
solicit  custom  in  a noisy,  persistent  or  offensive  manner.  Any  per- 
son or  corporation  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  13.  The  Board  of  Police  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Mayor,  is  hereby  authorized  to  prescribe  and  promul- 
gate from  time  to  time  reasonable  regulations,  not  inconsistent  here- 
with, with  respect  both  to  licensed  and  unlicensed  vehicles,  to  regu- 
late street  traffic  generally,  and  particularly  to  regulate  the  standing 
and  movement  of  vehicles  at  or  near  the  several  railroad  stations 
and  other  places  of  public  assemblage  or  crowded  vehicular  traffic. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  owners  and  drivers  of  vehicles  to  comply 
with  such  regulations,  and  any  person  who  or  corporation  which 
shall  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  such  regulations  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  violating  this  section,  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
subject  to  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence.  The 
intention  of  the  Common  Council  is  that  this  section  shall  be  deemed 
to  be  separable  from  the  other  sections  of  this  ordinance,  and  not 
essential  to  the  validity  of  said  other  sections. 

Sec.  14.  That  if  any  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  for  any 
reason  be  held  to  be  unconstitutional  or  invalid,  it  shall  not  affect 
the  other  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  15.  That  the  Ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  to  provide 
for  the  licensing  and  regulation  of  peddlers,  hawkers,  cartmen, 
motor  vehicles,  hack,  omnibus,  stage  and  truck  owners  and  drivers,” 
approved  March  14,  1882;  and  ordinances  amendatory  thereof  and 
supplemental  thereto;  and  the  Ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  to 
regulate  the  standing  of  hacks,  stages,  etc.,”  approved  December  16, 
1874,  and  ordinances  amendatory  thereof  and  supplemental  thereto; 
and  all  other  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent  here- 
with, be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed,  and  all  ordinances  and 
liarts  of  ordinances  which  were  repealed  or  abrogated  by  any  ordi- 
nance hereby  repealed  shall  continue  to  be  so  repealed  and  shall 
be  deemed  abrogated. 

Approved  February  18,  1910;  amended  by  ordinance,  approved 
April  12,  1910. 


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An  Ordinance  to  Establish  and  Regulate  Public  Pounds  in  Plainfield. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  two  pound-keepers  shall  be  appointed  an- 
nually, to  hold  office  from  the  time  of  their  appointment  until  the 
first  Monday  of  the  next  succeeding  February,  or  until  their  succes- 
sors are  appointed. 

Sec.  2.  The  pound-keepers  so  appointed,  (unless  provision  is 
otherwise  made  by  the  Common  Council  for  a public  pound  or  public 
pounds),  shall  each  provide  a public  pound  within  the  city  limits, 
and  shall  keep  a register  of  all  aniinals  impounded  in  their  respective 
pounds  together  with  the  names  of  the  persons  impounding  them, 
and  an  account  of  all  moneys  received  or  paid  out  by  them  respec- 
tively in  connection  with  such  pound,  and  each  of  said  pound-keepers 
shall  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  make  a report  of  his 
receipts  and  disbursements  to  the  Common  Council.  They  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  the  like  fees  which  pound-keepers  in  townships 
in  this  state  are  entitled  to  receive  by  the  state  law  for  similar  ser- 
vices. 

Sec.  3.  All  horses,  mules,  cattle,  swine  and  goats  found  run- 
ning at  large  within  the  city  limits  may  be  taken  by  any  person  to 
one  of  the  public  pounds,  whereupon  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
pound-keeper  in  charge  of  such  pound  to  receive  and  confine  any 
such  animal  or  animals  until  it  or  they  shall  be  lawfully  sold  or  re- 
deemed. 

Sec.  4.  If  the  owner  of  any  animal  or  animals  impounded  shall 
apply  to  the  pound-keeper  in  charge  for  the  redemption  thereof  and 
shall  tender  him  one  dollar  for  each  animal  impounded,  in  addition 
to  the  legal  fees  for  keeping  and  feeding  the  same,  then  upon 
receipt  of  such  sum  or  sums  by  the  pound-keeper,  such  animal  or 
animals  shall  be  surrendered  and  delivered  to  the  owner  thereof. 

Sec.  5.  All  impounded  animals  not  redeemed  by  the  owner  or 
owners  within  ten  days  after  they  are  impounded,  shall  be  sold  by 
the  pound-keeper  in  the  same  manner  and  subject  to  the  provisions 
as  to  notices  and  disposition  of  the  proceeds  of  sale  (except  that  the 
Clerk  of  the  Common  Council  shall  be  substituted  for  the  Clerk  of 
the  Township),  contained  in  12th  section  of  the  chapter  in  relation 
to  fences,  of  the  Revision  of  the  Statutes  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey. 

Sec.  6.  If  any  person  shall  rescue,  or  attempt  to  rescue,  any 
animal  that  shall  have  been  found  running  at  large  from  the  custody 
of  any  person  who  shall  be  driving  or  taking  the  same  to  the  pound, 
such  person  or  persons  so  offending  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
be  punished  by  a fine  of  five  dollars  for  each  animal  so  rescued  or 
attempted  to  be  rescued. 


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Sec.  7.  If  any  person  shall  break  open,  or  attempt  to  break 
open,  any  public  pound  within  the  limits  of  this  city,  or  take  or  let 
out  any  animal  impounded  therein,  such  person  so  offending  shall, 
upon  conviction,  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars 
for  each  offence. 

Approved  December  7,  1881. 


An  Ordinance  to  Establish  a Board  of  Health. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  pursuant  to  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and 
provided,  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  shall  consist 
of  five  members  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  and  confirmed 
by  the  Common  Council.  At  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  Com- 
mon Council  after  this  ordinance  shall  be  of  legal  effect,  the  Mayor 
shall  nominate  and,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Common  Council, 
appoint  three  persons  to  be  members  of  said  Board  to  hold  office 
until  the  first  Monday  of  February  next,  or  until  the  nomination  and 
confirmation  of  their  successors  respectively,  and  two  persons  to 
hold  office  until  the  first  Monday  in  February  in  the  year  eighteen 
hundred  and  eighty-nine,  or  until  the  nomination  and  confirmation 
of  their  successors  respectively.  Upon  the  first  Monday  in  February 
of  each  and  every  year  hereafter,  the  Mayor  shall  nominate,  and  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  Common  Council,  shall  appoint  the  suc- 
cessors of  those  members  whose  terms  of  office  regularly  expire  at 
that  time,  to  hold  office  until  the  first  Monday  of  February  of  the 
second  year  succeeding  such  appointment,  and  until  their  successors 
are  appointed  respectively.  Vacancies  shall  be  filled  in  the  same 
manner  as  above  provided,  but  shall  be  for  the  unexpired  term  only. 

Sec.  2.  The  Board  of  Health  so  constituted  and  appointed 
shall  have  all  the  powers  conferred  by  the  general  laws  in  the 
premises,  and  in  addition  thereto,  the  powers  conferred  by  the  City 
Charter  and  Ordinances  upon  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield. 

Sec.  3.  That  all  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith  are  to  the 
extent  of  such  inconsistency  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  November  8,  1887. 


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An  Ordinance  Relating  to  the  Street  Commissioner  of  the  City  of 

Plainfield 

(As  amended.) 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  Street  Commissioner  shall  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute  a bond  in  the  sum  of  one  thou- 
sand dollars  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  conditioned 
for  the  true  and  faithful  performance  of  all  the  duties  of  his  office, 
with  at  least  two  sureties,  who  shall  be  freeholders,  to  be  approved 
by  the  Common  Council,  and  when  approved  said  bond  shall  be 
filed  with  the  City  Clerk. 

Sec.  2.  The  Street  Commissioner  shall  be  the  Overseer  of  the 
roads,  streets  and  public  grounds  in  the  City  of  Plainfield,  under  the 
direction  and  supervision  of  the  Committee  on  Streets  and  Public 
Health,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  keep  the  roadways  thereof  in 
repair,  and  to  direct  and  superintend  such  work,  and  it  shall  also 
be  his  duty  to  detect  and  discover  every  nuisance  which  may  exist 
in  the  streets  of  said  city  and  forthwith  to  remove  the  same,  and 
to  prevent  said  streets  from  being  improperly  obstructed  and  en- 
cumbered and  to  prevent  the  maintenance  or  continuance  of  any 
nuisance  or  anything  of  an  offensive  or  unwholesome  nature  within 
said  streets  or  public  grounds. 

Sec.  3.  The  Street  Commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to  or- 
der to  be  removed  any  article  or  thing  whatsoever  which  may  en- 
cumber or  obstruct  any  of  the  sidewalks,  gutters  or  streets  in  viola- 
tion of  this  or  any  other  ordinance  of  this  city,  and  in  case  the  same 
shall  not  be  removed  within  twelve  hours  after  notice  to  that  effect 
has  been  given  to  the  offender  then  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Street 
Commissioner  to  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  to  sonie  suitable 
place. 

Sec.  4.  The  Committee  on  Streets  and  Public  Health  of  the 
Common  Council  shall  have  power  to  direct  the  Street  Commis- 
sioner to  do  any  necessary  work  or  repairs  on  the  streets,  sidewalks 
or  public  grounds  without  the  consent  or  direction  of  the  Common 
Council,  providing  the  expense  of  such  work  and  repairs  do  not  ex- 
ceed the  unexpended  sums  appropriated  by  resolution  of  the  Com- 
mon Council. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Street  Commissioner 
under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  Committee  on  Streets 
and  Public  Health,  to  attend  to  the  execution  of  all  the  ordinances 
and  resolutions  of  the  Common  Council  for  the  regulating,  grading, 
paving,  or  otherwise  improving  the  roadways,  sidewalks  or  public 


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grounds  of  this  city,  and  he  shall  when  required  by  the  Common 
Council,  inquire  into  and  report  upon  all  applications  before  the 
Common  Council  in  relation  to  any  kind  of  work  to  be  done  in  or 
upon  the  public  streets. 

Sec.  6.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street  Commissioner 
to  keep  a time  book  in  which  shall  be  recorded  the  names  of  persons 
employed,  the  character  of  services  rendered,  the  days  or  parts 
thereof  so  employed  and  the  rate  per  day  allowed,  and  he  shall 
present  to  the  Common  Council  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  in 
each  month,  a detailed  account  of  all  indebtedness  incurred  by  him 
in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  for  the  preceding  month  including  a 
summary  of  the  time  book  for  the  same  period.  The  Street  Com- 
missioner shall  not  present  for  payment  any  bill  for  labor  em- 
ployed by  him  except  in  cases  in  which  prior  to  the  presentation  of 
such  bill,  said  Street  Commissioner  shall  have  actually  paid  for 
such  labor  the  amount  charged  in  said  bill  therefor,  and  no  such 
bill  of  the  Street  Commissioner  shall  be  audited  unless  it  shall  be 
made  to  appear  by  affidavit  accompanlying  such  bill  that  with  this 
requirement  the  Street  Commissioner  has  fully  complied. 

Sec.  7.  All  persons  who  shall  obstruct,  molest,  disturb  or  in 
any  wise  hinder  the  said  Street  Commissioner  or  persons  employed 
by  him,  in  the  discharge  of  any  duties  mentioned  in  this  ordinance, 
shall  be  liable  upon  conviction  thereof  to  a fine  of  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  8.  All  persons  neglecting  or  refusing  to  comply  with  the 
orders  and  directions  of  the  Street  Commissioner  hereinbefore  au- 
thorized and  required  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  liable  upon  con- 
viction thereof  to  a fine  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  such 
offence. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street  Commissioner  to  re- 
port to  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation  every  infraction  of  this  ordi- 
nance or  any  ordinance  relating  to  the  streets,  sidewalks  or  public 
grounds  in  said  city  which  shall  come  to  his  knowledge. 

Sec.  10.  The  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  defining  the 
duties  of  the  Street  Commissioner,”  approved  June  8,  1869,  and 
amended  March  31,  1874,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Original  ordinance  approved  February  2 8,  1882. 

Amended  by  ordinance,  approved  December  31,  1887. 

(Amendment  of  October  10,  1899.) 

Section  1.  That  no  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of 
Street  Commissioner  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  who  is  not  a duly  quali- 
fied Civil  Engineer,  and  the  incumbent  of  the  office  of  Street  Com- 
missioner shall  be  ex-officio  City  Surveyor  of  said  city,  and  shall 
perform  the  duties  of  said  last  named  office  without  extra  compen- 


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sation,  except  where  by  statute  special  compensation  may  be  au- 
thorized. This  ordinance  shall  apply  to  the  present  incumbent  of 
the  office  of  Street  Commissioner,  who  from  the  date  on  which  this 
ordinance  shall  take  effect,  shall  be  ex-officio  City  Surveyor  as 
aforesaid. 

Approved  October  10,  1899. 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  the  Storage  of  Petroleum  or  Kerosene  Oil 
Within  the  City  of  Plainfield. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  no  person  or  persons  shall  store,  or  keep,  or 
have  on  hand,  or  permit  to  be  stored,  kept  or  had  on  hand  at  one 
time,  within  the  City  of  Plainfield,  petroleum  or  kerosene  oil  in 
quantity  exceeding  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  barrels. 

Sec.  2.  That  no  person  or  persons  shall  store,  or  keep,  or  have 
on  hand,  or  permit  to  be  stored,  or  kept,  or  had  on  hand,  at  one 
time  within  the  City  of  Plainfield,  petroleum  or  kerosene  oil  in 
quantity  exceeding  ten  barrels,  unless  the  same  shall  be  contained 
within  a building  of  one  story  only  above  the  ground,  the  outside 
walls  and  roof  of  which  building  are  of  brick,  stone,  iron,  slate  or 
other  incombustible  substance,  and  unless  further  there  shall  be 
constructed,  on  the  premises  adjacent  to  said  building,  a substantial 
wall  of  masonry,  iron  or  other  incombustible  substance,  which  wall 
shall  be  of  such  dimensions,  and  shall  be  so  placed  as  to  make  it 
impossible,  in  case  the  maximum  quantity  of  petroleum  or  kero- 
sene oil  named  in  section  1 of  this  ordinance  should  escape  from 
such  building,  for  any  of  such  petroleum  or  kerosene  oil  to  flow  be- 
yond the  said  wall. 

Sec.  3.  That  any  person  or  persons,  convicted  under  section 
1 or  2 of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty  days, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  4.  That  no  petroleum  or  kerosene  oil,  whether  in  bar- 
rels, casks,  tanks,  or  other  vessels,  shall  be  stored  or  kept  upon  any 
sidewalk  or.  roadway  of  said  city,  nor  shall  barrels,  casks,  tanks,  or 
other  vessels  that  have  been  used  to  contain  petroleum  or  kerosene 
oil  be  stored  or  kept  upon  any  sidewalk  or  roadway  of  said  city; 
and  any  persons  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  5.  That  upon  conviction  of  any  person  or  persons 
under  any  section  of  this  ordinance,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  chief 


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engineer  of  the  Plainfield  Fire  Department  to  serve  a notice,  written 
or  printed,  or  partly  printed  and  partly  written,  upon  the  person 
or  persons  so  convicted,  requiring  all  petroleum  or  kerosene  oil, 
and  all  barrels,  casks,  tanks,  or  other  vessels  that  have  been  used 
to  contain  the  same  to  be  removed  from  the  premises,  described 
in  the  complaint  on  which  said  conviction  was  obtained,  within  five 
days  from  date  of  service  of  such  notice,  and  for  every  failure  to 
comply  with  such  notice,  within  said  five  days  from  date  of  service, 
the  person  or  persons  so  failing  to  comply  with  such  notice,  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  an  offence  under  this  section,  and  upon  con- 
viction be  punishable  by  a fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars, 
or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment. 

Approved  December  31,  1888. 

Amended  by  ordinance  approved  March  5,  1889. 


An  Ordinance  to  Regulate  the  Handling  of  Illuminating  Fluids. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons keeping  for  sale  kerosene  oil  or  any  other  kind  of  illuminating 
fluid,  to  draw  or  permit  the  same  to  be  drawn  from  any  barrel,  cask, 
can,  or  other  vessel,  by  artificial  light,  unless  said  light  be  at  least 
fifteen  feet  distant  from  the  article  so  drawn. 

Sec.  2.  That  for  each  offence  against  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  every  person  or  business  firm  so  offending  shall,  upon 
conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars. 
Approved  June  10,  1874. 


An  Ordinance  to  Regulate  and  License  Pawnbrokers 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  no  person,  corporation,  member  of  co-part- 
nership, or  firm,  shall  hereafter  carry  on  the  business  of  pawn- 
broker in  the  City  of  Plainfield  without  first  having  obtained  from 
the  Mayor  thereof  a license  authorizing  such  person,  corporation, 
member  of  co-partnership,  or  firm  to  carry  on  the  same,  which  li- 
cense shall  designate  the  house  in  which  such  business  is  to  be 
conducted. 

Sec.  2.  That  any  person,  corporation,  member  of  co-partner- 
ship, or  firm  receiving  such  license  shall  pay  to  the  City  therefor  the 


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sum  of  fifty  dollars,  and  every  such  license  shall  expire  one  year 
from  the  date  of  its  issuance,  and  may  be  renewed  upon  payment  of 
the  license  fee  and  compliance  with  the  other  requirements  of  the 
laws  of  the  State  and  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  in  the 
premises. 

Sec.  3.  That  before  said  license  shall  be  issued,  the  party 
applying  for  the  license  shall  execute  a bond  to  the  inhabitants  of 
the  City  of  Plainfield  in  the  penal  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars,  with 
condition  prescribed  in  the  act  entitled,  “An  act  to  regulate  and 
license  pawnbrokers,”  approved  March  29,  1887. 

Sec.  4.  That  any  person  or  persons,  or  corporation,  who  shall 
violate  the  provisions  of  the  act  referred  to  in  Section  3 of  this 
ordinance,  shall  be  liable  to  the  penalties  in  said  act  provided, 
namely,  for  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  first  section  of  said  act, 
the  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars,  for  each  and  every  day  of  the 
continuance  of  said  violation,  and  for  the  violation  of  either  or  any 
of  the  other  sections,  and  provisions  of  said  act,  a fine  of  fifty  dol- 
lars. 

Approved  December  3,  1890. 


An  Ordinance  to  Establish,  Regulate  and  Control  a Fire  Department 
in  the  City  of  Plainfield. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  Fire  Department  of  the  City  of  Plainfield 
shall  consist  of  one  Chief  Engineer,  a First  and  Second  Assistant 
Engineers,  and  as  many  permanent  men  as  the  Common  Council 
may  from  time  to  time  designate  to  act  as  Drivers,  Tillermen  and 
Hosemen;  also  one  Engineer  of  Steamer,  and  six  Call  Men  for  each 
hose  or  hook  and  ladder  company  that  may  be  organized  under  this 
ordinance  to  act  as  hosemen  and  laddermen  and  to  perform  such 
other  duties  as  shall  be  required  of  them  at  a fire  by  their  superior 
officers. 

The  following  companies  shall  be  organized  immediately  upon 
this  ordinance  taking  effect  as  law: 

Hose  Company,  No.  1. 

Hose  Company,  No.  2. 

Hose  Company,  No.  3. 

Hook  and  Ladder  Compan3%  No.  1. 

Engine  Company,  No.  1. 

and  other  similar  companies  may  thereafter  be  organized  as  the 
Common  Council  may  from  time  to  time  deem  necessary,  and  order, 
either  by  resolution  or  by  ordinance. 


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Sec.  2.  All  members  now  employed  in  the  Fire  Department  at 
stated  salaries  shall  be  retained  and  form  a part  of  and  be  included 
in  the  employees  enumerated  above  and  continue  in  service  as  such, 
• and  shall  be  subject  to  all  rules  and  regulations  adopted  by  the 
Board  of  Engineers  and  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  to  the 
same  extent  as  new  appointees. 

Sec.  3.  The  Chief  Engineer  shall  be  the  Fire  Marshal  and 
Fire  Inspector  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  and  shall  perform  such  duties 
as  shall  devolve  upon  him  as  such  by  the  laws  of  the  State,  and  the 
ordinance  of  the  City  of  Plainfield.  He  shall  keep  an  accurate  record 
of  the  names  of  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Department  and  all 
appointments  and  transfers,  resignations  and  removals  of  firemen 
as  the  same  shall  take  place  from  time  to  time,  and  such  other  par- 
ticulars as  may  be  necessary  and  proper.  He  shall  have  sole  and 
entire  command  of  fires  and  alarms  of  fire  over  all  members  of  the 
Department,  apparatus  and  appurtenances  belonging  to  the  same, 
and  all  other  persons  aiding  and  assisting  the  Department  at  fires. 
In  addition  to  performing  his  duties  as  Building  Inspector  he  shall 

• devote  his  whole  time  to  the  service  of  the  Department,  and  shall 
report  the  condition  of  the  Department  to  the  Committee  on  Fire  and 
Buildings  as  often  as  they  shall  request.  He  shall  order  the  differ- 
ent fire  companies  out  to  work,  wash,  drill  or  for  inspection,  at  such 
time  and  place  as  he  may  designate,  and  whenever  he  may  deem  it 
necessary  for  the  efficiency  of  the  Department.  In  the  absence  or 
disability  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  the  First  Assistant,  and  in  the 
absence  of  both  the  Chief  and  First  Assistant,  the  Second  Assistant 

.shall  assume  command  and  perform  the  duties  of  the  Chief. 

Sec.  4.  The  Chief  and  Assistant  Engineer  shall  constitute  and 
be  called  the  “Board  of  Engineers.”  They  shall  make  such  rules 
and  regulations  for  conducting  the  Department  not  inconsistent  with 
the  laws  of  the  State  or  ordinances  of  the  city,  as  they  may  deem 
advisable,  subject  to  approval  by  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  5.  The  Chief  Engineer  and  the  Assistant  Engineers  shall 
be  nominated  by  the  Mayor  and  confirmed  by  the  Council  in  the 
same  manner  as  other  city  officers,  and  they  and  drivers,  ladder- 
men  and  hosemen,  after  confirmation,  shall  hold  their  offices  and 

• continue  in  service  as  such  during  good  behavior,  efficiency  and  resi- 
dence in  the  city,  and  shall  not  be  removed  from  office  or  employ- 
ment for  political  reasons  or  any  other  cause  than  incapacity,  mis- 

• conduct,  non-residence,  or  disobedience  of  just  rules  and  regulations 
which  are  or  may  be  established  for  the  government  of  the  Depart- 
ment. 

Sec.  6.  The  Chief  Engineer  or  Acting  Chief  shall  be  respon- 

• sible  for  the  property  of  the  Department.  He  shall  see  that  the 
.steam  and  chemical  engines,  hose  wagons,  trucks,  hose  and  horses. 


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and  all  other  property  belonging  to  the  Department  are  kept  con- 
stantly  in  order  for  immediate  and  efficient  service,  and  shall  report, 
immediately  any  repairs  that  may  be  necessary  to  the  property  in. 
his  charge  to  the  Committee  on  Fire  and  Buildings. 

Sec.  7.  Persons  to  be  eligible  to  membership  in  the  Depart- 
ment must  be  citizens  of  the  United  States,  of  good  moral  character,, 
and  able  to  read  and  write  the  English  language.  They  shall  be  in 
good  health,  sound  in  body  and  mind,  and  capable  of  performing 
the  duties  required  of  th^m.  (In  case  of  permanent  employees,  they 
must  be  certified  to  by  the  City  Physician  that  they  are  physically 
capable  of  performing  the  duties  required  of  them).  They  must  be' 
nominated  by  the  Mayor,  recommended  by  the  Board  of  Engineers- 
and  confirmed  by  the  Common  Council,  and  before  entering  upon 
their  duties  as  members  of  the  Department  they  shall  sign  an  agree- 
ment, to  be  deposited  with  the  Chief  Engineer,  that  they  shall  abide- 
by  and  conform  to  the  ordinance  and  such  rules  governing  the  same 
which  may  be  approved  by  the  Common  Council.  All  applications- 
for  membership  shall  be  made  in  the  handwriting  of  the  applicant, 
who  shall  present  the  same  in  person  to  the  Mayor,  the  Committee 
on  Fire  and  Buildings  or  the  Board  of  Engineers. 

Bee.  8.  The  pay  of  the  force  is  hereby  fixed  as  follows,  the- 
said  rates  to  take  effect  from  the  first  day  of  January,  1911: 

Chief  Engineer $1,350  per  annum; 

First  Assistant  Engineer 1,200  per  annum- 

Captains 1,140  per  annum - 

Engineer  of  Steamer 82.50  per  annum 

Drivers,  Tillermen  and  Hosemen  shall  be  divided  into  five- 
classes  according  to  their  respective  terms  of  service  as  follows: 

Class  A — Fifth  year  of  service  and  over. 

Class  B — Fourth  year  of  service. 

Class  C — Third  year  of  service. 

Class  D — Second  year  of  service. 

Class  E — First  year  of  service. 

Provided,  That  the  Common  Council  upon  recommendation  of 
the  Mayor  may  advance  any  regular  Firemen,  Drivers,  Tillermen  or  ■ 
Hosemen  from  a lower  to  a higher  class  for  especially  good  work 
or  meritorious  service,  whether  he  shall  have  served  his  full  time, 
specified  above  or  not. 

That  from  the  first  day  of  January,  1911,  the  salaries  of  the 
Drivers,  Tillermen  and  Hosemen  or  other  regular  appointed  Firemen 
shall  be  as  follows,  according  to  their  class: 


Class  A $1,000  per  annum 

Class  B $960  per  annum 

Class  C....C $924  per  annum^- 


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Class  D $792  per  annum 

Class  E $720  per  annum' 


The  members  of  the  Fire  Department  known  and  designated 
as  “Call  Men”  shall  perform  at  least  ninety  per  cent,  of  duty  at  all 
fires  or  alarms  of  fires  in  each  year;  and  such  members  shall  re- 
ceive as  compensation,  the  sum  of  fifty-five  dollars  per  annum,  pay- 
able in  two  semi-annual  payments  of  twenty-seven  dollars  and  fifty 
cents  for  each  of  the  six  months  ending  June  30th  and  December 
31st  in  each  year,  except  that  when  a Call  Man  shall  act  as  Captain 
of  Hook  and  Ladder  Company  No.  1,  he  shall  receive  one  hundred 
dollars  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  and  when  any  Call  Man 
shall  act  as  Engineer  of  Steamer,  he  shall  receive  eighty-two  dollars 
and  fifty  cents  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  but  no  salary 
shall  be  paid  to  a Call  Man  until  he  shall  have  signed  a stipulation 
that  he  will  render  service  as  contemplated  in  this  section.  ^ 

The  salaries  of  Drivers  and  Tillermen  shall  be  as  follows  ac- 
cording to  class: 

First  Class,  Sixty  Dollars  per  month. 

Second  Class,  Fifty-five  Dollars  per  month. 

Third  Class,  Fifty  Dollars  per  month. 

Fourth  Class,  Forty  Dollars  per  month. 

(Sec.  9 repealed  by  ordinance  approved  March  2 4,  1911). 

Sec.  10.  Captains  of  Companies  shall  be  appointed  from  mem- 
bers  thereof  by  the  Chief  Engineer,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
Committee  on  Fire  and  Buildings  and  confirmed  by  the  Common 
Council;  they  shall  have  command  and  control  of  their  companies 
and  all  members  shall  obey  their  orders  implicitly.  They  shall  see 
that  the  apparatus  in  their  care,  and  the  building  in  which  the  same 
is  deposited,  and  all  articles  in  or  belonging  to  the  same  are  kept 
clean  and  in  order  for  immediate  use.  They  shall  preserve  order 
and  discipline  at  all  times  in  their  respective  companies,  and  en- 
force a strict  compliance  of  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  De- 
partment and  the  orders  of  the  Chief  Engineer. 

Sec,  11.  The  Call  Men  of  the  several  companies  shall,  upon 
an  alarm  of  fire  from  the  section  of  the  City  to  which  they  are 
assigned  to  duty,  proceed  promptly  to  the  place  of  the  fire,  and  per- 
form any  duty  that  may  be  required  of  them.  They  shall  remain 
on  duty  until  relieved  by  order,  which  shall ''be  given  only  by  the 
officer  in  command.  They  shall,  when  on  duty  at  fires,  wear  the 
regulation  fire  hat  or  badge. 

Sec.  12.  Upon  going  to  or  returning  from  an  alarm  of  fire, 
in  no  case  shall  persons  not  members  of  the  Department  be  allowed 
to  ride  on  any  apparatus  of  the  Department. 


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Sec.  13.  All  Call  Men  will  be  regarded  as  part  of  the  work- 
ing force,  and  may  b€  used  by  the  officer  in  command  at  fires  as 
he  may  deem  proper.  And  they  will  be  required  to  perform  at  least 
ninety  per  cent,  of  duty  per  annum.  Any  driver  of  an  engine,  hose 
wagon,  hook  and  ladder  truck  or  supply  wagon,  driving  over  a line 
of  hose,  unless  it  cannot  be  avoided,  shall  be  subject  to  dismissal. 
If  any  permanent  member  refuses  or  neglects  to  pay  any  just  debt 
contracted  for  the  necessaries  of  life  during  his  connection  with  the 
Department,  or  assigns  his  pay,  it  shall  be  deemed  sufficient  cause 
for  his  suspension  or  dismissal.  Any  officer  or  member  making  a 
false  report  of  a member  of  the  Department,  either  concerning  per- 
sonal character  or  conduct,  to  the  discredit  or  detriment  of  any 
member,  or  any  officer  making  a false  record  in  the  journal,  shall 
be  liable  to  dismissal.  No  permanent  officer  or  permanent  member 
of  the  Department  shall  attend  a caucus  or  political  convention  as  a 
delegate,  distribute  tickets  at  any  election  or  take  any  part  what- 
ever in  political  matters  other  than  to  exercise  the  right  of  suf- 
frage. All  members  of  the  Department  must  address  officers  by 
their  respective  titles.  Any  officer  or  member  having  business  with 
the  Committee  on  Fire  and  Buildings  shall  transact  the  same 
through  the  Chief  Engineer.  No  subscriptions,  paper  or  books  shall 
be  circulated  under  the  auspices  of  any  company  for  the  purpose 
of  collecting  money  from  citizens  without  the  consent  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Fire  and  Buildings.  Should  any  member  become  disabled 
or  sick  while  in  the  faithful  performance  of  duty,  he  shall  be  en- 
titled to  such  pay  as  the  Committee  on  Fire  and  Buildings  shall 
deem  proper. 

Sec.  14.  Any  member  of  the  Fire  Department  who  shall  upon 
trial  be  found  guilty  of  violating  any  of  the  ordinances  or  rules 
and  regulations  governing  the  Fire  Department,  shall  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Common  Council  be  subject  to  censure,  reprimand, 
forfeiture  of  pay,  or  discharge  from  the  service. 

Sec.  15.  Firemen  at  call  will  be  required  to  attend  every  fire 
or  alarm  of  fire  in  their  district.  Any  officer  or  member  absent, 
except  in  case  of  sickness  or  death  in  the  family,  or  out  of  the  city 
with  permission,  will  be  fined  the  sum  of  one  dollar  ($1.00).  Call 
Men  who  shall  have  performed  seventy-five  per  cent,  of  fire  duty 
in  the  company  of  which  he  is  a member  shall  have  all  fire  fines 
refunded  him  that  may  have  been  charged  against  him  during  the 
year.  No  member  of  the  force  shall  loan  the  Department  Badge 
under  the  penalty  of  dismissal,  and  any  member  losing  his  badge 
shall  purchase  one  at  his  own  expense. 

Sec.  16.  All  complaints  by  the  Chief  Engineer  or  Assistant 
Engineers  against  any  fireman  or  firemen  for  misconduct  or  neglect 


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in  the  performance  of  his  or  their  duties,  shall  be  forthwith  reported 
to  the  Committee  on  Fire  and  Buildings. 

Sec.  17.  All  complaints  made  hy  citizens  or  persons  of  good 
repute  to  the  Mayor  or  any  member  of  the  Common  Council  against 
any  fireman  or  firemen  for  misconduct  or  neglect  in  the  perform- 
ance of  his  or  their  duties,  shall  he  forthwith  reported  to  the 
Committee  on  Fire  and  Buildings. 

Sec.  18.  No  intoxicating  beverage  of  any  description  whatso- 
ever shall  be  allowed  on  the  premises  of  the  Fire  Department. 
Any  member  of  the  Fire  Department  intoxicated  while  on  duty 
shall  be  deprived  of  his  badge  and  suspended  for  six  months  or 
dismissed,  at  the  option  of  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  19.  No  person  or  persons  except  officers  and  members 
of  the  Department  shall  at  any  time  enter  the  houses  of  the  De- 
partment, except  the  Mayor  of  the  City,  members  of  the  Common 
Council,  and  visitors  accompanied  by  members,  or  any  police  officer 
in  the  proper  discharge  of  his  duty,  and  no  boys  shall  be  permitted 
in  any  house  of  the  Department,  or  to  have  any  access  whatever 
to  the  apparatus  in  going  to  or  returning  from  fires  or  alarms.  The 
foremen  are  hereby  enjoined  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion. 

Sec.  20.  No  person  shall  enter  any  engine,  hook  and  ladder 
or  hose  house  in  the  city  with  intent  to  injure  the  same  or  the 
fire  engine  or  other  apparatus  contained  therein,  or  injure  or  mu- 
tilate at  any  time  or  place  any  fire  engine  or  other  apparatus,  or 
any  public  cisterns,  fire  wells,  hydrants,  or  fire  plugs,  or  draw  water 
therefrom  for  any  purpose,  except  when  properly  engaged  in  ex- 
amining their  condition,  or  for  the  use  of  the  fire  engines  belonging 
to  or  controlled  by  the  city,  and  any  person  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  section,  shall  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  Five  or  more  than  Twenty  Dollars  for  each  of- 
fence, and  shall  furthermore  be  liable  for  all  damages  or  injury 
done. 

Sec.  21.  No  person  shall  during  a fire  drive  a wagon,  cart  or 
other  vehicle  over  any  hose  or  other  fire  apparatus,  under  penalty 
of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  22.  No  person  shall  wilfully  hinder  or  molest  or  attempt 
to  do  any  violence  to  any  officer  or  member  of  the  Fire  Department 
or  other  city  officer  while  in  the  performance  of  his  duty  at  a fire, 
or  in  going  to  or  returning  from  a fire  or  alarm  of  fire,  in  charge 
of  any  fire  engine  or  other  apparatus,  under  penalty  of  Ten  Dol- 
lars for  each  offence. 

Sec.  23.  No  person  or  persons  shall  raise,  create  or  continue 
a false  alarm  of  fire  under  penalty  of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  2 4.  No  person  or  persons  shall  for  any  purpose  take  or 


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cause  to  be  taken  beyond  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  any  of  the 
apparatus  of  the  Fire  Department,  except  by  consent  of  the  Mayor 
or  Common  Council,  or  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions of  the  Board  of  Engineers. 

Sec.  25.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Common  Council  to  pro- 
vide for  fuel,  lights  and  other  necessary  expenses  for  the  mainten- 
ance of  the  Fire  Department  and  to  keep  the  houses  and  fire  ap- 
paratus in  proper  condition  and  repair.  No  supplies  shall  be  or- 
dered or  expenses  incurred  under  this  section  without  the  written 
ard-er  of  the  Chief  Engineer  or  one  of  the  Assistant  Engineers,  in 
the  absence  or  inability  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  and  no  bill  shall  be 
presented  to  the  Common  Council  until  the  same  shall  be  certified 
by  one  of  the  Engineers  to  be  correct. 

Sec.  26.  Any  member  of  the  Fire  Department  who  shall  vio- 
late any  of  the  foregoing  sections  of  this  ordinance,  to  which  no 
penalty  is  attached,  or  shall  be  guilty  of  any  riotous  or  disorderly 
■conduct  when  on  duty,  shall  be  liable  to  be  removed  as  a fireman. 

Sec.  2 7.  That  upon  the  organization  of  the  several  companies 
hereinafter  mentioned,  and  until  the  further  order  of  the  Com- 
mon Council,  the  said  companies  shall,  severally,  take  possession 
of  the  Fire  Department  apparatus  and  other  property  of  the  city 
used  in  connection  therewith,  as  follows: 

Hose  Company  No.  1 shall  forthwith  take  possession  of  that 
now  in  possession  of  G-azelle  Engine  Company  No.  1. 

Hose  Company  No.  2 shall  forthwith  take  possession  of  that 
now  in  possession  of  Plainfield  Engine  Company  No.  2. 

Hose  Company  No.  3 shall  forthwith  take  possession  of  that 
now  in  possession  of  Alert  Hose  Company.  / 

Hook  and  Ladder  Company  No.  1 shall  forthwith  take  pos- 
session of  that  now  in  possession  of  Zephyr  Hook  and  Ladder  Com- 
pany and 

Engine  Company  No.  1 shall  forthwith  take  possession  of  the 
Chemical  Engine  and  appurtenances,  but  the  Common  Council 
may  from  time  to  time,  by  resolution,  make  such  changes  or  other 
regulations  respecting  the  possession  and  management  of  the  appar- 
atus and  other  property  of  the  city  used  for  the  Fire  Department 
purposes  as  said  Common  Council  may  deem  expedient. 

Sec.  28.  That  the  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  estab- 
lish, regulate  and  control  a fire  department  in  the  City  of  Plain- 
field,”  approved  April  3rd,  1888,  and  amended  by  ordinance  ap- 
proved June  5th,  1888,  and  all  other  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordin- 
ances inconsistent  herewith  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  May  6,  189  9.  Amended  by  ordinances  approved  Oct. 
5,  1903,  Dec.  28,  1906,  April  6,  1908,  March  24,  1911,  May  5,  1911. 


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An  Ordinance  to  Abolish  the  OflSce  of  Veterinary  Surgeon  of  the 
Fire  Department  of  the  City  of  Plainfield. 

Whereas,  It  is  the  sense  of  the  Common  Council  that  the  pub- 
lic interests  require  that  the  office  of  Veterinary  Surgeon  of  the  Fire 
Department  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  should  be  abolished;  therefore 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common 
'Council,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  ofiice  of  Veterinary  Surgeon  of  the  Fire 
Department  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
abolished. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  incon- 
rsistent  herewith  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  March  2 4,  1911. 


An  Ordinance  to  License  Inns  and  Taverns  and  to  Regulate  and 
Prohibit  the  Sale  of  Spirituous  and  Fermented  Liquors. 

(As  Amended). 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  All  applications  for  license  to  keep  an  inn  and 
•tavern  within  said  city  shall  be  in  writing,  addressed  to  the  Com- 
mon Council,  shall  be  signed  by  the  person  or  persons  desiring  such 
license,  shall  state  the  purpose  for  which  a license  is  asked,  and  the 
place  wherein  such  business  is  proposed  to  be  carried  on,  and  a 
•certificate  shall  be  annexed  thereto,  signed  by  at  least  ten  reputable 
'Citizens  and  freeholders  of  said  city  (three  of  whom  shall  reside 
within  one  thousand  feet  of  the  place  proposed  for  license,  and 
-all  of  whom  shall  be  residents  of  the  same  ward  in  which  the  busi- 
ness is  to  be  carried  on),  who  have  not  within  one  year  theretofore 
signed  any  similar  certificate,  stating  that  the  applicant  is  known 
fo  be  of  good  repute  for  honesty  and  temperance,  and  provided 
with  at  least  two  spare  rooms  with  beds,  bedding  and  furniture 
more  than  are  necessary  for  the  use  of  applicant’s  family. 

Sec.  2.  Before  any  person  or  persons  shall  receive  a license 
to  keep  an  inn  or  tavern  within  said  city,  such  person  or  persons 
«hall  become  bound  by  recognizance  in  writing  to  the  “Inhabitants 
of  the  City  of  Plainfield’’  in  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  as  prin- 
cipal, with  two  sufficient  sureties,  being  freeholders  within  said  city, 
in  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  each,  to  be  taken  before  the  City  Judge 


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in  or  out  of  court,  with  condition  following,  to  wit:  The  condition- 

of  this  recognizance  is  such  that  whereas,  the  above  bounden  A.  B. 
is  licensed  by  the  Common  Council  of  said  City  of  Plainfield  to 
keep  an  inn  and  tavern  within  said  city  until  the  first  day  of  March 
next  ensuing  the  date  hereof,  if  therefore  the  said  A.  B.  during 
the  continuance  of  the  said  license  shall  not  keep  a disorderly  inn 
and  tavern,  nor  game  himself,  nor  suffer  any  person  to  game  in 
said  inn  and  tavern  for  money  or  the  value  of  money,  nor  violate 
the  laws  made  concerning  inns  and  taverns,  but  shall  during  the  said 
term  in  all  things  respecting  him  as  an  inn-holder  and  tavern-keep- 
er, use  and  maintain  good  order  and  rule,  and  find  and  provide  good, 
wholesome  and  sufficient  lodging,  diet  and  entertainment  for  man, 
and  stabling  and  provender  for  horse,  and  observe  the  directions  of 
the  law  relating  to  inns  and  taverns,  then  this  recognizance  to  be 
void,  or  else  to  remain  in  full  force  and  virtue. 

Sec.  3.  Every  inn  and  tavern-keeper  licensed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  the  foregoing  sections,  shall  be  liable  to  the  same  condi- 
tions, requirements  and  restrictions  as  are  imposed  upon  inn  and 
tavern-keepers  under  the  general  law  of  the  state;  provided,  that  na 
such  license  shall  be  taken  or  construed  as  authorizing  the  sale,  by 
such  inn  and  tavern-keeper,  of  any  spirituous  or  fermented  liquors. 

Sec.  4.  That  license  may  be  granted  to  any  persop  duly  li- 
censed to  keep  an  inn  and  tavern  in  said  city  to  sell  spirituous 
and  fermented  liquors  in  his  inn  and  tavern;  all  applications  for 
such  license  shall  be  in  writing  addressed  to  the  Common  Council, 
signed  by  the  applicant,  setting  forth  the  purpose  for  which  such 
license  is  asked,  and  the  inn  and  tavern  wherein  such  business  is 
purposed  to  be  carried  on,  and  such  application  shall  have  a certi- 
ficate annexed  thereto,  signed  by  at  least  ten  reputable  citizens 
and  freeholders  of  said  city  (three  of  whom  reside  within  one- 
thousand  feet  of  the  said  inn  and  tavern),  and  all  of  whom  shall 
be  residents  of  the  same  ward  in  which  the  business  is  to  be  car- 
ried on,  stating  that  the  applicant  is  known  to  them  to  be  of  good 
repute  and  honesty  and  temperance,  and  thereupon  the  said  Com- 
mon Council  may,  in  their  discretion,  grant  such  license;  provided, 
that  the  said  certificate  may  be  signed  by  the  same  citizens  and  free-- 
holders  as  have  already  signed  the  certificate  required  to  be  annexed 
to  his  application  for  license  to  keep  an  inn  and  tavern;  and  pro-- 
vided  further,  that  before  any  license  is  granted  to  sell  spirituous 
and  fermented  liquors  as  provided  for  by  the  ordinance,  the  Clerk 
of  the  Common  Council  shall  have  caused  or  shall  cause  to  be  in- 
serted in  each  official  newspaper  in  the  city,  within  ten  days  after 
such  application  was  or  is  made,  a notice  in  the  following  form,, 
with  the  blank  spaces  properly  filled  in,  to  wit: 


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Plainfield,  N.  J 1 . . . 

Notice  is  hereby  given,  that has  applied  to  the  Com- 

mon Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  for  a license  to  sell  spirituous 

and  fermented  liquors  at  No street,  which  application  is 

signed  by , citizens  and  freeholders.  All  persons  know- 

ing of  any  reasons  why  such  license  should  not  be  granted,  are  re- 
quested to  make  known  the  same  in  writing,  to  the  City  Clerk,  on 

or  before  the .day  of , 1.  . ., The 

expense  of  publishing  such  notice  shall  be  added  to  the  fee  required 
to  be  paid  and  shall  be  paid  by  the  applicant  for  such  license,  be- 
fore receiving  such  license;  and  all  communications  which  may  be 
received  by  the  City  Clerk  in  response  to  any  such  request,  shall 
be  by  him  immediately  delivered  to  the  Committee  on  Licenses 
of  the  Common  Council,  if  there  be  such  committee,  or  if  not,  to 
the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  5.  That  saloon-keepers  and  persons  other  than  inn  and 
tavern-keepers  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Common  Council,  be 
licensed  under  this  ordinance  to  sell  spirituous  and  fermented  liquors 
within  said  city.  All  applications  for  such  license  shall  be  in  writ- 
ing, and  made  as  required  by  the  next  preceding  section  in  the  case 
of  inn  and  tavern-keepers,  and  the  owner  of  the  place  proposed  for 
license  (if*the  applicant  be  not  the  owner)  must  be  one  of  the  sign- 
ers to  the  certificate  required  to  be  annexed  to  the  application.  Such 
certificate  shall  be  signed  only  by  reputable  citizens  and  freehold- 
ers of  said  city,  who  have  not  within  one  year  theretofore  signed 
any  similar  certificate.  In  every  certificate  annexed  to  applications 
for  license  to  sell  spirituous  and  fermented  liquors  within  said  city, 
whether  by  inn  and  tavern-keepers,  saloon-keepers  or  other  persons, 
every  freeholder  recommending  the  granting  of  such  license  shall 
clearly  designate  the  street  in  which  he  lives,  and  what,  part  there- 
of he  lives,  and  also  the  location  and  nature  of,  and  his  interest  in, 
the  real  property  by  virtue  of  the  ownership  of  which  he  shall  sign 
such  certificate.  And  further  every  such  freeholder  shall  make  af- 
fidavit to  be  annexed  to  said  certificate,  and  application  for  license, 
in  which  affidavit  he  shall  set  forth  the  street  in  which  he  lives, 
and  in  what  part  thereof  he  lives,  and  also  the  location  and  nature 
of,  and  his  interest  in  the  real  property,  by  virtue  of  the  ownership 
of  which  he  shall  have  signed  such  certificate,  and,  how  he  ac- 
quired said  real  property,  and  if  it  was  by  deed  he  shall  state  the 
date  of  the  deed  and  the  book  and  page  of  the  record  thereof  in 
the  County  Clerk’s  office,  and  if  it  was  by  devise,  he  shall  state  thb 
date  of  the  will  and  the  place  and  book  and  page  of  the  public 
record  of  such  will,  and  if  it  was  by  descent,  he  shall  state  the 
name,  and  time  and  place  of  the  death  of  the  last  ancestor  from 


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whom  the  land  descended  to  said  freeholder.  And  no  license  what- 
ever shall  be  granted  unless  the  application  therefor  and  the  cer- 
tificate and  affidavits  thereto  annexed  shall  he  in  compliance  with 
all  the  requirements  under  this  ordinance.  No  person  shall  be 
deemed  competent  to  sign  the  certificate  first  referred  to  in  this 
section  who  shall  within  one  year  theretofore,  have  signed  a cer- 
tificate annexed  to  any  application  for  license  to  keep  an  inn  and 
tavern,  or  to  sell  spirituous  and  fermented  liquors  therein,  and  no 
woman,  and  no  man  who  from  illiteracy  is  unable  to  read  and  write 
the  English  language,  shall  be  deemed  competent  to  sign  any  of 
the  certificates  required  by  this  ordinance,  or  any  part  thereof,  ex- 
cept in  the  case  of  the  owner  of  the  place  proposed  for  license  when 
under  this  ordinance  such  owner’s  signature  is  made  necessary,  nor 
shall  any  woman  be  deemed  competent  to  receive  a license  under 
this  ordinance. 

Sec.  6.  That  before  receiving  any  license  provided  in  the  last 
preceding  section,  the  person  licensed  shall  become  boun^  by  recog- 
nizance in  writing  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  in  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  as  principal,  with  two  sufficient  sure- 
ties in  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  each,  conditioned  as  fol- 
lows, to  wit:  The  condition  of  this  recognizance  is  such  that  where- 

as the  above  bounden  A.  B.  is  licensed  to  sell  spirituoifs  and  fer- 
mented liquors  at on street,  in  the  City 

of  Plainfield,  until  the  first  day  of  March  next  ensuing  the  date 
hereof,  if  therefore  the  said  A.  B.  during  the  continuance  of  said 
license  shall  not  keep  a disorderly  house,  nor  game  himself,  nor  suf- 
fer any  person  to  game  in  said  house  for  money  or  the  value  of 
money,  nor  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  the 
ordinances  of  said  city  made  or  to  be  made  concerning  the  business 
whereunto  the  said  A.  B.  is  licensed  as  aforesaid,  but  shall  in  all 
things  during  the  continuance  of  said  license  keep  and  maintain 
good  order  and  rule  in  his  said  place  of  business,  and  in  all  things 
comply  with  and  observe  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  of  said 
city  now  made  and  to  be  made  concerning  such  business,  then  this 
recognizance  to  be  void,  else  to  be  and  remain  in  full  force  and 
virtue. 

Sec.  7.  Licenses  to  sell  spirituous,  vinous,  malt  or  brewed 
liquors  in  any  quantity  from  one  quart  to  five  gallons  may  be 
granted  under  this  ordinance,  upon  the  applicant  presenting  to  the 
Common  Council  written  application  therefor,  signed  by  such  ap- 
plicant and  setting  forth  the  purpose  for  which  such  license  is? 
asked,  and  the  place  in  which  the  applicant  proposes  to  conduct  his 
business,  accompanied  by  a certificate  recommending  the  applicant 
to  be  a fit  and  suitable  person  to  be  licensed,  signed  by  at  least 


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fiv€  freeholders  in  and  residents  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  three  of 
whom  reside  in  the  same  ward  in  which  said  proposed  place  of 
business  is  situated  and  within  one  thousand  feet  of  said  proposed 
place  of  business  of  said  applicant;  but  no  such  license  shall  be 
taken  or  construed  to  authorize  any  such  licensed  person  to  suffer 
or  permit  any  of  said  liquors,  sold  under  and  in  pursuance  of  such 
license,  to  be  drunk  on  or  about  the  premises  where  sold;  and  no 
person  or  corporation  licensed  under  any  other  section  of  this  or- 
dinance but  not  licensed  under  this  section  shall  sell,  or  offer  or 
expose  for  sale,  any  of  the  liquors  aforesaid  in  any  quantity  to  per- 
sons or  families  in  dwellings,  or  any  of  the  liquors  aforesaid  in 
quantities  from  one  quart  to  five  gallons  to  any  persons  or  corpora- 
tions, under  a penalty  of  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each 
offense.  That  every  licensed  person  engaged  in  furnishing  or  supply- 
ing liquors  to  persons  or  families  in  dwellings,  shall  carry  with  him 
while  so  engaged  the  license  for  inspection,  under  the  penalty  of  five 
dollars  for  every  neglect  so  to  do;  and  when  the  licensee  shall  find 
it  necessary  in  the  prosecution  of  his  business  to  use  more  than  one 
vehicle  for  the  delivery  of  spirituous,  vinous,  malt  and  brewed  liquors, 
or  any  of  them  theretofore  ordered  from  such  license  at  his  place  of 
business,  the  City  Clerk  shall  issue  to  such  licensee  a certificate  for 
every  additional  vehicle,  which  certificate  shall  be  carried  by  the 
driver  of  such  vehicle  for  inspection,  under  the  penalty  of  five  dol- 
lars for  every  neglect  so  to  do.  The  City  Clerk  shall  demand  such 
evidence  as  he  may  deem  necessary  before  issuing  any  certificate. 
That  the  loan  of  any  certificate  aforesaid  to  any  person  not  author- 
ized to  use  the  same  shall  subject  the  offender  to  the  penalty 
of  a revocation  of  the  license  under  which  the  certificate  is  issued. 

Sec.  8.  If  any  person  licensed  under  this  ordinance  shall  be 
convicted  of  being  drunk  in  his  own  licensed  place  of  business,  such 
person  may  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars; 
and -such  conviction  shall  be  sufficient  cause  for  the  revocation  of 
such  license  by  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  9.  No  person  or  persons  licensed  under  this  ordinance 
shall  permit  any  drunkenness,  riot  or  other  disorderly  conduct  in 
his,  her  or  their  licensed  place  of  business,  or  on  his,  her  or  their 
premises;  and  any  person  offending  against  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  before  the  City  Judge  be 
fined,  for  the  first  offence,  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dol- 
lars, and  for  each  subsequent  offence  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  10.  Every  person  licensed  under  this  ordinance  shall, 
within  one  month  from  date  of  the  license,  put  up  or  fix  a sign 
on  the  front  of  the  place  licensed,  with  his,  her  or  the  firm’s  (if  it 


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be  a firm)  name  thereon;  and  shall  keep  such  sign  up  during  the 
whole  period  of  the  license;  and  shall  also  cause  the  said  license 
to  be  properly  framed  and  hung  up  to  public  view  in  the  public 
room  of  the  place  licensed. 

Sec.  11.  If  any  person  or  persons  not  licensed  according  to 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  expose  for  sale,  sell  or  dis- 
pose of,  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  exposed  for  sale,  sold  or  disposed 
of,  directly  or  indirectly,  within  said  city,  any  spirituous  or  fer- 
mented liquors,  or  any  composition  of  which  spirituous  or  fermented 
liquors  shall  form  a part  (except  such  as  shall  be  compounded 
and  intended  for  use  as  medicine)  such  person  or  persons 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  an  offence,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
before  the  City  Judge  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty 
dollars  for  each  offence;  provided,  that  said  prosecution  shall  be  be- 
gun within  six  months  from  the  date  of  the  commission  of  such 
offence;  and  provided  further,  that  nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall 
be  construed  to  apply  to  druggists  filling  prescriptions  from  prac- 
ticing physicians,  or  to  prohibit  any  person  from  selling  metheglin, 
currant  or  other  native  wine  made  by  the  seller. 

Sec.  12.  No  person  or  persons  licensed  under  this  ordinance 
shall  carry  on  the  business  or  trade  for  which  such  license  was 
granted  in  any  other  place  than  that  designated  in  said  license,  nor 
shall  such  license  be  assigned  or  transferred,  nor  shall  such  licensed 
person  or  persons  assume  to  give  authority  or  permission  to  any 
other  person  or  persons  to  carry  on  such  licensed  business,  but 
such  license  as  to  any  and  all  other  persons  and  places  than  those 
named  therein  shall  be  void,  and  any  person  or  persons  who  in  dis- 
regard of  the  prohibitions  of  this  section  shall  carry  on  any  such 
business  under  a license  so  assigned  or  transferred,  or  under  an  au- 
thority or  permission  thus  given,  shall  be  liable  to  the  same  pen- 
alties as  may  be  inflicted  upon  persons  selling  without  license. 

Sec.  13.  No  person  or  persons  licensed  under  this  ordinance 
shall,  between  the  hours  of  eleven  o’clock  at  night  and  six  o’clock 
the  following  morning  or  upon  the  first  day  of  the  week,  commonly 
called  Sunday,  sell  or  offer,  or  expose  for  sale  or  furnish,  or  permit 
to  be  sold,  offered  or  exposed  for  sale  or  furnished  to  any  person 
or  persons,  any  spirituous  or  fermented  liquors  of  any  kind  or  any 
composition  thereof,  or  at  any  time  sell,  offer  or  expose  for  sale,  or 
furnish  or  permit  to  be  offered  or  exposed  for  sale,  sold  or 
furnished  any  of  such  liquors  or  any  compound  thereof,  to  any 
minor,  intoxicated  or  weak-minded  person,  nor  shall  such  licensed 
person  or  persons  at  any  time  incite,  encourage  or  permit  any  game 
or  device  to  be  played,  practiced  or  carried  on  within  such  licensed 
place,  or  in  any  shed,  out-house  or  other  place  in  the  occupancy  of 


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such  licensed  person  (billiards  or  nine-pins,  if  named  in  such  li- 
cense, alone  excepted),  or  any  betting  or  gaming  for  money  or 
anything  of  any  value  whatever;  and  any  person  convicted  of  a 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisoned  for 
any  term  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  either  or  both,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  court. 

Sec.  14.  All  prosecutions  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  by 
affidavit  or  information  filed  before  the  City  Judge,  and  in  all  cases 
where  said  prosecution  shall  be  for  the  offering  for  sale,  selling  or 
exposing  for  sale  or  otherwise  disposing  of  any  spirituous  or  fer- 
mented liquors,  it  shall  be  sufficient  in  such  affidavit  or  information 
to  describe  such  liquors  as  spirituous  or  fermented  liquors,  as  the 
case  may  be,  without  specifying  particularly  the  kind  or  descrip- 
tion thereof,  and  evidence  may  be  given  upon  the  trial  of  the  sale, 
offering  for  sale  or  otherwise  disposing  of  any  particular  kind  of 
liquor  included  in  the  general  description  so  given.  All  such  infor- 
mation shall  be  brought  by  the  Corporation  Counsel  in  the  name  of 
“The  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Plainfield.”  And  whenever  a fine 
shall  be  imposed  and  collected  for  violation  of  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  ordinance,  one-half  of  such  fine  shall  be  paid  to  the 
person  making  the  complaint  upon  which  the  conviction  for  such 
violation  shall  have  been  had,  and  the  other  half  thereof  shall 
be  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  for  the  use  of  the  city. 

Sec.  15.  In  all  cases  of  the  prosecution  of  any  person  licensed 
under  this  ordinance  for  any  offence  against  any  of  the  provisions 
thereof,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Judge,  upon  conviction  of  such 
licensed  person,  to  declare  his  recognizance  forfeited. 

Sec.  16.  All  licenses  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  granted 
by  resolution  of  the  Common  Council,  be  made  out  by  the  City 
Clerk,  signed  by  the  Mayor,  issued  under  the  common  seal  of  the 
city,  attested  by  the  City  Clerk,  and  shall  continue  in  force  until 
the  first  day  of  March  next  after  the  date  of  such  license,  and  no 
longer,  provided,  that  any  person  duly  licensed  to  keep  an  inn  and 
tavern  may  be  granted  license  to  sell  spirituous  and  fermented 
liquors  in  his  said  inn  and  tavern  for  the  six  months  beginning 
May  first  and  ending  November  first  of  the  year  in  which  said  li- 
cense is  granted,  and  such  license  shall  expire  on  the  said  first  day 
of  November,  and  that  all  licenses  shall  be  subjected  to  be  revoked 
any  time  by  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  for  a violation  or 
neglect  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  or  of  any  other 
ordinance  which  the  Common  Council  may  pass  relative  to  the 
business  authorized  by  such  license,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
City  Clerk  to  furnish  immediately  to  the  person  or  persons  whose 


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license  shall  be  so  revoked  a copy  of  such  resolution,  and  any  per- 
son acting  under  such  license,  after  notice  of  the  revocation  there- 
of, shall  be  liable  to  all  the  penalties  imposed  by  this  ordinance  as 
fully  as  though  no  such  license  had  ever  been  issued.  Before  re- 
ceiving such  a license  the  applicant  shall  be  required  to  sign  in 
duplicate  a stipulation  to  be  written,  printed  or  stamped,  both  on 
the  face  of  said  license  and  on  the  stub  to  which  the  same  is  at- 
tached as  follows:  “I  hereby  agree  to  be  bound  by  and  to  con- 

form to  all  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  under  which 
this  license  is  granted,  under  penalty  of  forfeiture  of  this  license.” 

Sec.  17.  Before  receiving  a license  issued  under  this  ordin- 
ance, the  licensed  person  or  persons  shall  pay  the  following  fees: 
To  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk  each  one  dollar,  and  in  addition  the 
following  fees,  viz:  For  each  license  to  an  inn  and  tavern-keeper  to 
sell  spirituous  or  fermented  liquors,  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars 
($1,000)  when  said  license  is  to  expire  on  the  first  day  of  March, 
following,  the  sum  of  four  hundred  dollars  when  said  license  is  to 
expire  on  the  first  day  of  November  following,  provided,  that  persons 
licensed  to  keep  an  inn  and  tavern  without  the  privilege  of  selling 
spirituous  and  fermented  liquors,  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  any 
fees  except  those  to  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk.  For  each  license 
to  a person  other  than  an  inn  and  tavern-keeper  to  sell  spirituous 
and  fermented  liquors  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000).  For 
each  license  to  sell  spirituous,  vinous,  malt  or  brewed  liquors  in 
any  quantity  from  one  quart  to  five  gallons,  as  provided  in  section 
seven  (7)  of  said  ordinance  (one  place  only  to  be. included  in  each 
license)  the  sum  of  Eight  Hundred  Dollars  ($800),  provided,  that  all 
license  fees  under  this  ordinance,  other  than  those  to  the  Mayor 
and  City  Clerk,  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  and  his  re- 
ceipt shown  to  the  Mayor  before  such  license  shall  issue;  and  pro- 
vided further,  that  no  such  license  shall  be  of  any  validity  what- 
ever, until  such  license  fees  are  in  fact  paid  to  the  City  Treas- 
urer; and  on  failure  to  pay  any  such  fees  within  twenty  days  from 
the  time  the  Common  Council  shall  have  granted  any  such  ap- 
plication for  license  the  said  action  of  said  Common  Council  shall 
no  longer  authorize  the. issuance  of  a license  under  said japplica- 
tion  to  the  person  failing  to  pay  as  aforesaid,  unless  the  Common 
Council  at  the  first  meeting  following  the  expiration  of  said  twenty 
days  shall  so  direct. 

Sec.  18.  The  City  Clerk  shall  keep  a correct  list  of  all  li- 
censes issued  under  this  ordinance  in  a book  to  be  provided  for 
that  purpose,  in  which  shall  be  entered  the  name  of  the  licensed 
person  or  persons,  the  business  for  which  said  license  has  been 
given,  and  the  names  of  * the  freeholders  and  citizens  certifying 
to  the  application  for  such  license;  which  book  shall,  at  all  rea- 


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sonable  times,  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  citizen  of  said  city 
desiring  to  examine  the  same. 

Sec.  19.  No  person  licensed  under  this  ordinance  shall  keep 
open  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  kept  open  his  bar-room  or  room  in 
which  spirituous  or  fermented  liquors  are  customarily  sold  or  per- 
mit persons  to  congregate  there  in  between  the  hours  of  eleven 
o’clock  at  night  and  six  o’clock  of  the  following  morning,  and  any 
person  convicted  of  violating  this  section  shall  be  liable  to  a fine 
of  one  hundred  dollars  or  imprisonment  for  a term  not  exceeding 
sixty  days  or  both. 

Sec.  20.  That  no  person  licensed  to  sell  spirituous  or  fer- 
mented liquors  shall  suffer  or  permit  in  his  bar-room  or  any  other 
room  in  which  spirituous  or  fermented  liquors  are  sold  by  him,  or 
in  any  adjoining  room  connected  therewith,  any  musical  perform- 
ance of  any  kind,  vocal  or  instrumental,  or  both,  or  any  mechanical 
music,  or  any  acting,  dancing,  juggling,  sleight  of  hand,  boxing, 
wrestling,  or  any  similar  performance,  show  or  exhibition. 

Sec.  21.  Every  person  licensed  to  sell  spirituous  or  ferment- 
ed liquors  shall  so  arrange  the  doors,  windows  and  partitions  of 
his  bar-room  or  saloon  that  a full  and  unobstructed  view  of  the  in- 
terior thereof,  including  the  bar,  may  be  had  from  the  street  through 
the  doors  or  windows,  or  both,  between  the  hours  of  11  P.  M. 
each  and  every  Saturday,  and  6 A.  M.  the  following  Monday.  And 
no  window,  blind,  screen,  partition,  curtain  or  other  article  shall 
be  so  left  or  placed  as  to  prevent  between  the  hours  named  the 
full  and  unobstructed  view  from  the  street  of  the  interior  of  said 
saloon  or  bar-room. 

Sec.  22.  No  person  licensed  to  sell  spirituous  or  fermented 
liquors  shall  at  any  time  sell  or  dispose  of  spirituous  or  fermented 
liquors  from  any  bar  that  cannot,  between  the  hours  named  in 
Section  21,  be  plainly  seen  from  the  streets. 

Sec.  23.  Every  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  three 
next  preceding  sections  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  not  ex- 
ceeding sixty  days  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Sec.  24.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  incon- 
sistent herewith  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed;  provided,  that 
no  offence  committed  and  no  liability  or  penalty  incurred  previous 
to  the  time  when  this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  shall  be  dis- 
charged or  affected  by  anything  in  this  ordinance  contained;  and  all 
proceedings  and  prosecution  for  such  offences,  liabilities  and  pen- 
alties shall  be  instituted  or  proceeded  with  as  the  case  may  be  in 
all  respects  as  if  this  ordinance  had  not  been  adopted. 

Sec.  25.  That  any  license  heretofore  granted  and  now  in  force. 


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or  that  may  hereafter  be  granted,  under  the  provisions  of  this  or- 
dinance, may,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Common  Council,  be  re- 
newed by  the  Common  Council  for  the  period  of  one  year  from  date 
of  the  expiration  thereof,  upon  application  of  the  licensed  person 
or  persons  respectively,  and  it  shall  not  be  requisite  in  order  to 
such  renewal  that  the  application  therefore  shall  have  annexed  there- 
to any  certificate  of  citizens  or  freeholders  or  any  affidavit  or  affi- 
davits; provided,  that  such  applicant  for  renewal  of  license  shall 
not  have  been  theretofore  convicted  of  violating  any  of  the  or- 
dinances of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  or  any  of  the  laws  of  this  State; 
and  provided  further,  that  before  receiving  any  renewal  of  license 
as  herein  contemplated,  the  applicant  shall  enter  into  recognizance 
in  the  same  manner  as  if  said  license  was  applied  for  or  granted 
under  the  appropriate  foregoing  section  of  said  ordinance. 

Sec.  2 6.  That  upon  petition  of  any  person  duly  licensed  un- 
der this  ordinance,  or  his  legal  representative,  the  Common  Council 
may,  pursuant  to  Chapter  CLXXIX  of  the  public  laws  of  New  Jer- 
sey for  the  year  1892,  permit  a transfer  of  the  license  held  by  such 
applicant  to  another  person  to  be  named  in  such  application,  to  be 
designated  in  said  application,  upon  the  payment  of  a transfer  fee 
hereby  fixed  at  the  sum  of  Twenty-five  Dollars  in  each  case. 

Sec.  2 7.  That  in  order  to  enable  the  Common  Council  more 
effectively  to  regulate  the  sale  of  spirituous  and  fermented  liquors 
within  said  city  as  they  deem  most  conducive  to  the  public  good, 
the  place  in  which  any  applicant  for  license  to  sell  spirituous  and 
fermented  liquors,  or  for  license  to  sell  spirituous,  .vinous,  malt  or 
brewed  liquors,  under  any  of  the  preceding  sections  of  this  ordin- 
ance proposes  to  carry  on  his  business  under  such  license,  is  hereby 
required  to  be  accurately  set  forth  in  the  application  for  such  li- 
cense, and  to  be  within  the  territory  comprised  within  the  follow- 
ing boundary  lines,  to  wit: 

Beginning  at  a point  in  the  city  line  at  Green  brook  distant 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from  the  center  line- 
of  Watchung  avenue;  thence  running  southwesterly  along  said  city 
line  to  the  center  line  of  Grove  street;  thence  southeasterly  along 
the  center  line  of  Grove  street  to  the  center  line  of  West  Front 
street;  thence  southwesterly  along  the  center  line  of  West  Front 
street  to  a point  distant  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  south- 
westerly from  the  center  line  of  Central  avenue;  thence  southeaster- 
ly in  a course  drawn  parallel  with  the  center  line  of  Central  avenue 
distant  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  southwesterly  therefrom 
to  the  tracks  of  the  main  stem  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New 
Jersey  as  the  same  now  lies;  thence  northeasterly  along  said  tracks 
to  a point  on  said  tracks  distant  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet 


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southwesterly  from  the  center  line  of  Park  avenue;  thence  south- 
easterly in  a course  drawn  parallel  with  the  center  line  of  Park 
avenue  and  distant  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  southwest- 
erly therefrom  to  a point  in  said  course  distant  one  hundred  and 
fifty  (150)  feet  southeasterly  from  the  center  line  of  West  Fourth 
street;  thence  northeasterly  in  a course  drawn  parallel  with  the 
center  line  of  West  Fourth  street  and  East  Fourth  street  and  dis- 
tant one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  southeasterly  therefrom  to 
a point  in  said  course  and  the  projection  thereof  distant  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  (150)  feet  northeasterly  from  the  center  line  of  Wat- 
chung  avenue;  thence  northwesterly  in  a straight  line  to  the  point 
of  beginning. 

Provided,  nevertheless,  that  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  not  prevent  the  granting  of  any  renewal  of  any  license 
lawfully  in  force  at  the  time  this  section  takes  effect  to  the  same 
person  who  shall  have  been  the  lawful  holder  of  such  licence  con- 
tinuously from  that  time  to  the  time  of  such  renewal. 

Supplement  approved  May  23,  1901. 

Section  1.  That  license,  to  be  known  as  special  hotel  license, 
may  be  granted  to  any  person  duly  licensed  to  keep  an  inn  and  tav- 
ern in  said  city,  to  sell  spirituous  and  fermented  liquors  to  guests 
at  their  meals  served  between  the  hours  of  6 o’clock  a.  m.  and  11 
o’clock  p.  m.,  in  the  regular  dining  room  of  said  inn  and  tavern, 
in  connection  with  and  as  part  of  such  meals  and  in  no  other  man- 
ner and  at  no  other  time  or  place.  All  applications  for  such  license 
shall  be  in  writing,  addressed  to  the  Common  Council,  signed  by 
the  applicant,  setting  forth  the  purpose  for  which  such  license  is 
asked  and  the  location  of  the  dining  room  wherein  said  spirituous 
and  fermented  liquors  are  proposed  to  be  furnished  to  guests  as 
aforesaid,  and  the  hours  for  regular  meals,  and  such  application 
shall  have  annexed  thereto  a certificate  similar  to  that  required  by 
section  4 or  section  2 5 of  the  ordinance  to  Which  this  is  a supple- 
ment. Said  license  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  March  following  the 
granting  of  such  license,  and  the  fee  to  be  paid  therefor  shall  be 
the  sum  of  One  Hundred  Dollars,  in  addition  to  the  fee  of  One 
Dollar  to  the  Mayor  and  One  Dollar  to  the  City  Clerk. 

Sec.  2.  That  no  person  or  persons  licensed  under  section  1 
of  this  ordinance,  shall  keep  a bar-room,  or  bar,  or  expose  for  sale, 
sell  or  dispose,  or  permit  to  be  exposed  for  sale,  sold  or  disposed  of, 
directly  or  indirectly,  any  spirituous  or  fermented  liquors,  or  any 
composition  of  which  spirituous  or  fermented  liquors  shall  form  a 
part,  at  any  place  other  than  the  regular  dining  room  of  his  inn  and 
tavern  specified  in  the  application  for  such  license,  or  at  any  time 
other  than  the  hours  for  regular  meals  specified  in  said  applica- 


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tion,  or  to  any  person  or  persons  other  than  those  then  and  there 
partaking  of  such  meal  or  meals,  or  otherwise  than  as  part  of  such 
meal  or  meals,  and  any  person  of  persons  who  shall  violate  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined 
in  a sum  not  exceeding  One  Hundred  Dollars,  or  imprisoned  for  a 
term  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  or  either  or  both  at  the  discretion  of 
the  court. 

Original  ordinance  approved  Feb.  10,  1892.  Amended  by  or- 
dinances approved  April  7,  1894;  July  12,  1898;  Feb.  7,  1901;  Ncv. 
17,  1904;  Sept.  5,  1905;  May  3,  1909.  Supplement  approved  May 
23,  1901. 


An  Ordinance  to  Provide  for  the  Erection  of  Barriers  to  Prevent 

Accidents. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons  who  may  be  en- 
gaged in  erecting  or  making  any  addition  to  any  building,  paving 
any  street,  constructing  any  sewer  or  drain,  laying  pipes  for  gas, 
water  or  other  purposes,  making  any  excavation  or  causing  obstruc- 
tions of  any  kind  whatever  in  or  upon  any  street  or  sidewalk  of 
this  city,  whereby  accidents  or  injuries  might  be  occasioned,  to 
erect  a railing  at  such  excavations  or  work,  in  such  manner  as  to 
prevent  accidents  or  injuries  to  persons  or  property  passing  through 
such  streets,  and  to  continue  such  railing  until  the  obstruction  is  re- 
moved, which  must  be  within  three  months  from  the  beginning  of 
such  obstruction. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  all  such  persons  to  place 
upon  such  railing  or  obstruction,  at  a time  not  later  than  thirty 
minutes  after  sunset  of  each  day,  suitable  and  sufficient  lights,  and 
keep  them  burning  through  each  night  during  the  continuance  of 
such  obstruction. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  every  person  using 
any  of  the  streets  or  sidewalks  of  the  city  for  any  of  the  purposes 
mentioned  in  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance,  to  cause  said 
streets  and  sidewalks,  on  completion  of  the  work,  to  be  left  in  a 
condition  satisfactory  to  the  Street  Commissioner,  which  condition 
shall  be  as  good  as  when  such  work  was  begun. 

Sec.  4.  Every  violation  of  either  of  the  preceding  sections 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Counsel  to  the  Corporation, 
upon  receiving  satisfactory  information  of  the  violation  of  this  or- 


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dinance,  forthwith  to  institute,  and  with  due  diligence,  prosecute 
proceedings  for  the  collection  of  the  penalties  herein  provided  for. 

Sec.  6.  The  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  provide  for 
the  erection  of  barriers,  etc.,  to  prevent  accidents,”  approved  June 
10th,  1871,  and  amended  July  3d,  1871,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  February  28,  1882. 


An  Oi*dinance  Relating  to  Streets  and  Sidewalks  and  Encroach- 
ments Thereon, 

(As  Amended). 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

Sections  1,  2,  3 and  4 repealed  Nov.  10,  1894. 

Sec.  5.  No  sidewalk  or  part  of  any  sidewalk  now  or  hereafter 
laid  with  brick  or  flagging  in  any  part  of  the  city,  shall  hereafter 
be  taken  up  or  the  brick  or  flagging  be  removed  therefrom  for  any 
purpose,  without  the  written  permission  of  the  Street  Commissioner 
first  obtained,  and  every  person  who  shall  take  up  or  remove  any 
part  of  any  such  sidewalk,  without  such  permission,  shall,  on  con- 
viction thereof,  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for 
each  offence. 

Sec.  6.  No  person  shall  erect,  project  or  suspend  any  sign 
over  any  sidewalk  or  the  established  line  of  any  street,  to  a greater 
distance  than  two  feet  from  the  street  line,  or  permit  the  contin- 
uance of  any  sign  so  erected  or  projected,  nor  shall  construct  any 
window  which  shall  extend  from  the  wall  of  any  building  into  or 
over  any  street,  nor  shall  construct  any  cellar  door,  platform,  stoop, 
steps  or  fence  which  shall  extend  into  or  encroach  upon  any  street 
or  sidewalk,  without  the  permission  of  the  Common  Council  first 
obtained;  every  person  who  shall  violate  this  section,  shall  on  con- 
viction thereof  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars 
for  each  offence. 

Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  throw  or  deposit  or  cause  to  be  deposited 
into  or  upon  any  public  street,  avenue  or  sidewalk,  or  into  or  upon 
any  public  ground  in  the  city,  any  turf,  stone,  clay,  sand,  earth, 
ashes,  or  dangerous  or  offensive  substance,  except  snow  and  ice 
which  may  have  fallen  or  been  formed  upon  sidewalks,  and  ashes,' 
sawdust  or  sand  which  may  be  strewn  upon  sidewalks,  in  pursu- 
ance of  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  to 
provide  for  keeping  street  sidewalks  and  gutters  free  from  snow, 
hail,  slush  and  ice,”  passed  December  3d,  1877,  and  re-adopted  De- 
cember 17th,  187  7,  and  no  person  shall  take  up  or  remove  from  any 


public  street,  avenue  or  sidewalk  or  from  any  public  ground  in  the 
city,  any  turf,  stone,  sand,  clay  or  earth,  without  the  permission  of 
the  Street  Commissioner  first  obtained;  every  person  who  shall  vio- 
late this  section,  shall  on  conviction  thereof  be  punished  by  fine  not 
exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec,  8,  All  trees  standing  along  the  public  streets  of  the  city, 
whose  branches  extend  or  shall  extend  over  the  sidewalks  or  road- 
way shall  be  trimmed  from  the  main  trunk  to  a height  of  not  less 
than  ten  feet  from  the  surface  of  the  ground,  so  as  to  prevent  in- 
jury to  the  public  health,  impediment  to  travel  and  obstruction  to 
street  lights,  unless  the  Street  Commissioner  shall  otherwise  direct 
or  permit. 

Sec,  9.  The  Street  Commissioner  shall  cause  this  ordinance 
to  be  carried  into  effect,  and  every  person  who  shall  obstruct  or 
molest  said  officer  or  any  person  or  persons  employed  by  him  in  the 
performance  of  such  duty,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceed- 
ing twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  10.  The  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  in  regard  to 
improvements  on  streets,  sidewalks,  and  regulating  the  putting  up 
of  awnings,  signs,  etc.,”  approved  July  19th,  18  69;  and  the  ordi- 
nance entitled  “An  ordinance  to  amend  an  ordinance  entitled  ‘An  or- 
dinance in  regard  to  improvements  to  streets,  sidewalks,  and  regu- 
lating the  putting  up  of  awnings,  bay-windows,  signs,  etc.,  approved 
July  19th,  1869,’  ” approved  April  24th,  1874;  and  the  ordinance 
entitled  “An  ordinance  for  the  trimming  of  trees,”  approved  June 
1,  1870;  and  the  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  prohibit  signs 
over  the  sidewalks,”  approved  June  28th,  1872,  and  the  ordinance 
entitled  “An  ordinance  to  protect  the  streets  and  sidewalks  and  oth- 
er protection,”  approved  May  21,  1878;  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  11.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  which  were 
repealed  or  abrogated  by  any  ordinance  hereby  repealed,  shall  con- 
tinue to  be  so  repealed  and  shall  be  deemed  abrogated. 

Approved  December  7,  1881. 

Amended  by  ordinances  approved  June  6,  1894,  and  November 
10,  1894. 


An  Ordinance  to  Provide  for  Keeping  Street  Sidewalks  and  Gutters 
Free  from  Snow,  Hail,  Slush  and  Ice. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners,  lessee 
or  lessees,  occupant  or  occupants,  and  person  or  persons  having 
charge  of  every  lot  or  parcel  of  land  upon  which  is  or  may  hereafter 


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be  erected  any  building,  or  of  any  lot  or  parcel  of  land  which  is  or 
may  hereafter  be  vacant,  situated  on  or  adjoining  any  public  and 
improved  street  in  this  city,  the  sidewalks  of  which  are  now  or 
hereafter  may  be  flagged,  cemented,  planked  or  graveled,  severally, 
to  keep  a pathway  at  least  four  feet  in  width  over  the  street  side- 
walk and  the  street  gutters  to  the  width  of  one  foot  outwardly  from 
and  adjoining  the  curb  or  edge  of  the  sidewalk  along  the  entire 
front  of  each  such  lot  or  parcel  of  land,  or  if  any  such  lot  or  parcel 
of  land  be  situated  upon  a corner  formed  by  intersecting  streets, 
to  keep  such  pathway  and  gutters  along  both  the  front  and  sides  of 
each  such  lot  or  parcel  of  land,  to  the  respective  width  aforesaid, 
free  from  snow,  hail,  slush  and  ice,  save  as  provided  in  the  second 
section  of  this  ordinance;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  persons 
severally  to  remove  or  cause  to  be  removed  from  such  pathway  and 
gutters,  to  the  respective  widths  aforesaid,  all  snow,  hail,  slush  and 
ice  which  may  have  fallen  or  been  formed,  thereon,  within  four 
hours  after  the  same  shall  have  so  fallen  or  been  formed,  excepting 
in  cases  when  such  snow  or  hail  shall  have  fallen  or  such  slush  or 
ice  shall  have  been  formed  during  any  night,  in  all  which  last  men- 
tioned cases  the  same  shall  be  so  removed  within  four  hours  after 
sunrise  of  the  next  following  morning. 

Sec.  2.  If  in  any  case  such  snow,  hail,  slush  or  ice  shall  be  so 
congealed  that  the  same  cannot  be  removed  without  injury  to  the 
sidewalks  or  gutters  where  the  same  has  fallen  or  been  formed,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners,  lessee  or  lessees,  occupant 
or  occupants,  and  person  or  persons  having  charge  of  every  such 
lot  or  parcel  of  land,  severally  to  cause  the  snow,  hail,  slush  or  ice 
which  shall  have  been  so  congealed,  to  be  strewn  with  ashes,  saw- 
dust or  sand  within  four  hours  after  such  congelation  shall  have 
happened,  excepting  in  cases  where  such  congelation  shall  have  hap- 
pened during  any  night,  in  all  which  last  mentioned  cases  such  snow, 
hail,  slush  and  ice  shall  be  so  strewn  with  ashes,  sawdust  or  sand 
within  four  hours  after  sunrise  of  the  next  following  morning;  and 
in  all  cases  mentioned  in  this  section  all  snow,  hail,  slush  and  ice 
which  shall  have  been  so  congealed,  shall  be  so  removed  from  the 
sidewalks  and  gutters  aforesaid  to  the  respective  widths  aforesaid, 
within  four  hours  after  the  same  shall  have  become  thawed  to  such 
an  extent  as  to  render  such  removal  practicable  without  injury  to 
such  sidewalks  or  gutters,  save  in  cases  where  the  same  shall  have 
become  so  thawed  during  any  night,  in  all  which  last  mentioned 
case’  the  same  shall  be  so  removed  within  four  hours  after  sunrisd  of 
the  next  following  morning. 

Sec.  3.  For  each  violation  of  this  ordinance  every  person  vio- 
lating the  same  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  flve  dollars,  recov- 
erable for  the  use  of  the  city. 


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Sec.  4.  The  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordinance  concerning  snow 
and  ice,”  passed  December  2 6th,  1870,  and  all  ordinances  and  parts 
of  ordinances  amendatory  thereof  or  in  addition  thereto,  and  all 
ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  which  conflict  with  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

Adopted  December  3,  1877. 

Re-adopted  December  17,  1877,  notwithstanding  the  objections 
of  the  Mayor. 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  the  Removal  of  Snow  and  Ice  from  Side- 
walks and  Gutters. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfleld,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows; 

Section  1.  That  the  owner,  occupant,  lessee  or  other  person 
having  the  charge  of  each  and  every  dwelling  house,  store,  or  other 
building  or  lot  or  lots  of  grounds,  shall  within  the  flrst  four  hours 
of  daylight  after  every  fall  of  snow  or  hail,  or  after  the  formation 
of  any  ice  upon  the  sidewalk  adjoining  said  premises,  cause  the  said 
snow  or  ice  (unless  said  ice  shall  have  been  strewn  with  ashes,  saw- 
dust or  sand)  to  be  removed  from  the  flagging,  cement,  concrete, 
planks,  crushed  stone,  graveled  surface  or  other  artiflcial  covering 
thereof;  and  shall  also  cause  the  gutter  in  front  thereof  to  the 
width  of  one  foot  outwardly  from  and  adjoining  the  curb  line  to  be 
cleaned  out  so  as  to  allow  the  water  to  run  freely  along  the  same, 
and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
on  conviction  be  punished  by  a flne  not  exceeding  flve  dollars;  pro- 
vided, that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  sidewalk  which  shall 
not  at  the  time  have  been  laid  either  to  the  whole  width  or  a part 
thereof  with  flagging,  cement,  concrete,  planks,  boards,  crushed 
stone,  graveled  surface  or  some  artiflcial  covering. 

Sec.  2.  That  as  to  all  sidewalks  and  gutters  of  any  street  or 
highway  that  is  graded,  curbed  and  flagged,  the  Street  Commis- 
sioner shall  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  one  cent  per  front  foot,  in 
all  cases  in  which  the  owner  of  the  land  shall  fail  to  remove  the 
snow  and  ice  within  twenty-four  hours  after  such  sidewalks  or  gut- 
ters were  covered  with  snow  or  ice,  remove  said  snow  or  ice  from 
said  sidewalks  and  gutters  as  directed  by  the  statute  in  such  case 
made  and  provided,  and  in  such  case  the  costs  and  expense  paid 
and  incurred  by  said  street  commissioner  for  removing  the  snow 
and  ice  from  any  sidewalk  or  gutter  as  aforesaid  shall  be  certifled 
by  said  Street  Commissioner  to  the  city  assessor,  “and  the  same 


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shall  be  added  to  the  taxes  of  the  lot  or  lots  or  parcels  of  land  in 
front  of  the  sidewalks  and  gutters  from  which  the  snow  and  ice 
was  removed,  and  shall  be  a part  of  the  same  as  a first  and  para- 
mount lien  upon  said  land  and  premises.” 

Approved  April  9th,  1895.  \ 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  Footways  and  Sidewalks. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  tenant,  occupant,  or  any  person  having  the 
care  of  any  building  or  lot  of  land  bordering  on  any  streets,  lane, 
court,  square,  of  public  place  within  the  city,  where  there  is  any 
footway  or  sidewalk,  and  in  case  there  may  be  no  tenant,  occupant, 
or  other  person  having  the  care  of  the  whole  of  any  such  building 
or  lot,  the  owner  shall  put,  maintain  and  keep  such  footway  or  side- 
walk in  good  and  sufficient  repair,  even  on  the  surface,  and  so  con- 
structed as  freely  to  shed  water,  and  for  the  width  of  at  least  three 
feet,  if  said  footway  or  sidewalk  be  that  wide,  if  not,  then  for  the 
whole  width  thereof,  shall  make  and  keep  it  free  from  turf,  grass, 
weeds,  stubble  and  other  foreign  substances;  and  in  all  cases  in 
which  at  any  time  any  footway  or  sidewalk  is  not  in  the  condition 
required  by  this  section,  such  tenant,  occupant,  owner,  or  other 
person,  as  aforesaid,  shall  forthwith  cause  the  same  to  be  repaired 
or  put  in  above  condition  in  conformity  herewith. 

Sec.  2.  The  Street  Commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to  no- 
tify and  order  persons  liable  under  the  preceding  section  to  comply 
with  the  requirements  thereof;  and  every  such  person  neglecting 
or  refusing  to  comply  therewith  within  one  week  after  such  notifica- 
tion and  order  of  the  Street  Commissioner  shall  be  liable,  on  con- 
viction thereof,  to  a fine  not  exceeding  ten  dollars,  and  for  each 
and  every  week  thereafter  that  such  neglect  or  refusal  shall  con- 
tinue any  further  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars;  and  in  case  such 
neglect  or  refusal  shall  continue  for  the  space  of  nine  days  after 
such  notification  and  order  of  the  Street  Commissioner,  the  Street 
Commissioner  may  cause  the  necessary  repairs  to  be  made  and  the 
person  or  persons  convicted  under  this  or  the  preceding  section 
shall  be  liable  for  the  costs  incurred  in  making  such  repairs  in  addi- 
tion to  the  fine. 

Approved  December  4,  1883. 


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An  Ordinance  Concerning  the  Construction,  Maintenance  and  Repair 

of  Sidewalks. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  all  sidewalks  of  flag  stone  or  concrete  of  not 
more  than  four  feet  in  width  which  shall  hereafter  be  constructed 
under  this  ordinance  shall  be  constructed  so  that  the  nearest  edge 
of  the  sidewalks  of  flag  stone  or  concrete  shall  be  the  following 
distances  from  the  curb  line,  that  is  to  say:  on  sidewalks  having  a 
width  of  twenty  feet  or  more  between  the  property  line  and  the 
curb  line,  a distance  of  eight  feet  from  the  curb  line;  on  sidewalks 
having  a widths  of  twelve  feet  or  more  and  less  than  twenty  feet 
between  the  property  line  and  the  curb  line,  a distance  of  six  feet 
from  the  curb  line;  on  sidewalks  having  a width  of  ten  feet  or  more 
and  less  than  twelve  feet  between  the  property  line  and  the  curb 
line,  a distance  of  four  feet  from  the  curb  line;  on  sidewalks  having 
a width  of  less  than  ten  feet  between  the  property  line  and  the  curb 
line,  said  walks  of  fiag  stone  or  concrete  shall  be  laid  so  that  the 
side  lines  shall  be  at  equal  distance  respectively  from  the  property 
line  and  the  curb  line;  except  that  on  Jackson  Avenue  all  sidewalks 
of  fiag  stone  or  concrete  of  not  more  than  four  feet  in  width  shall 
be  laid  so  that  the  nearest  edge  of  the  walks  of  fiag  stone  or  con- 
crete shall  be  thirteen  feet  from  the  curb  line,  and  all  such  side- 
walks on  Leland  Avenue  shall  be  so  laid  that  the  nearest  edge  of  the 
walks  of  fiag  stone  or  concrete  shall  be  five  feet  from  the  curb  line; 
provided,  that  in  any  case  on  application  to  the  Common  Council 
for  that  purpose,  the  Common  Council  may  by  resolution  specially 
direct  the  distance  which  any  sidewalks  of  fiag  stone  or  concrete 
may  be  laid  from  the  curb  line  as  the  Common  Council  shall  deem 
to  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  City. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  sidewalks  in  said  city  shall  be  well  and  suf- 
ficiently constructed,  repaired  and  maintained  at  the  expense  of 
the  abutting  land  owners,  so  as  to  be  even  on  the  surface  and  so  laid 
and  constructed  as  freely  to  shed  water  and  for  the  width  of  at  least 
four  feet  free  from  turf,  grass,  weeds,  stubble  and  other  foreign 
substances. 

Sec.  3.  That  within  that  portion  of  said  city  described  as  fol- 
lows, viz: 

Beginning  at  a point  in  the  southeasterly  side  of  Green  Brook 
at  the  northeasterly  side  line  of  Parragut  Road  and  running  thence 
along  said  line  of  Parragut  Road  to  the  southeasterly  side  line  of 
East  Pront  street;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  northeasterly  side 
line  of  Berckman  street;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  northwesterly 
side  line  of  South  avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  easterly  side 


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line  of  Belvidere  avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  easterly  side 
line  of  Woodland  avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  southerly 
side  line  of  Prospect  avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  southerly 
side  line  of  West  Ninth  street;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  north- 
easterly side  line  of  Madison  avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  south- 
erly side  line  of  Stelle  avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  south- 
westerly side  line  of  Plainfield  avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  the 
southeasterly  side  line  of  West  Eighth  street;  thence  along  said  line 
to  the  southeasterly  side  line  of  Grant  avenue;  thence  along  said  line 
to  the  southeasterly  side  line  of  West  Seventh  street;  thence  along 
said  line  to  the  southwesterly  side  line  of  Monroe  avenue;  thence 
alone  said  line  to  the  northwesterly  side  line  of  South  Second 
street;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  southwesterly  side  line  of  Grant 
avenue;  thence  along  said  side  line  and  the  southwesterly  side  of 
West  End  avenue  to  Green  Brook;  thence  along  the  same  to  the 
place  of  beginning;  also  on  both  sides  of  Central  avenue  from  Stelle 
avenue  to  Elizabeth  street;  also  on  both  sides  of  West  Front  street 
from  Grant  avenue  to  the  westerly  city  line;  and  on  both  sides  of 
Park  avenue  from  Ninth  street  to  Randolph  Road;  also  on  both  sides; 
of  East  Front  street  from  Farragut  Road  to  Terrill  Road;  also  on 
both  sides  of  South  avenue  from  Belvidere  avenue  to  Terrill  road; 
also  on  both  sides  of  Arlington  avenue  from  West  Ninth  street  to 
Randolph  Road;  also  within  the  portion  of  said  city  described  as 
follows:  Beginning  at  the  southerly  corner  of  West  Seventh  street 
and  Monroe  avenue,  and  running  thence  along  the  southeasterly  side 
line  of  West  Seventh  street  to  the  city  and  county  line;  thence  along 
said  line  in  a westerly  direction  to  the  southwesterly  side  line  of 
Clinton  Avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  northwesterly  side 
line  of  Dunellen  avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  northeasterly 
side  line  of  Compton  Avenue;  thence  along  said  line  to  the  north- 
westerly side  line  of  West  Front  Street;  thence  to  the  southerly 
corner  of  South  Second  Street  and  Monroe  Avenue;  thence  along 
the  southwesterly  side  line  of  Monroe  Avenue  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning; also  on  both  sides  of  Randolph  Road  from  Plainfield  Ave- 
nue to  Central  Avenue;  also  within  the  portion  of  said  city  described 
as  follows:  Beginning  at  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Prospect  and 
Hillside  Avenues,  and  running  thence  along  the  easterly  side  of 
Hillside  Avenue  to  the  southerly  side  of  Randolph  Road;  thence 
along  said  side  line  to  the  southwesterly  side  line  of  Park  Avenue; 
thence  along  said  side  line  to  the  southerly  side  line  of  Prospect 
Avenue,  produced,  thence  along  said  side  line  to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning; also  within  the  portion  of  said  city  described  as  follows:  be- 
ginning at  the  northerly  corner  of  Farragut  Road  and  East  Front 
Street,  and  running  thence  along  the  northwesterly  side  of  East 
Front  Street  to  the  northeasterly  side  of  Leland  Avenue;  thence 


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along  said  side  line  to  the  southeasterly  side  line  of  South  Avenue; 
thence  along  said  side  line  to  the  northeasterly  side  line  of  Berck- 
man  Street;  thence  along  said  side  line  to  the  southeasterly  side  line 
of  East  Front  Street;  thence  along  said  side  line  to  the  northeasterly 
side  line  of  Farragut  Road,  produced;  thence  along  said  line  to  the 
place  of  beginning;  also  on  both  sides  of  North  Avenue  from  Leland 
Avenue  to  Terrill  Road;  in  all  cases  in  which  the  sidewalks  are  not 
already  constructed  of  blue  stone  flagging  properly  laid  to  the  grade 
flxed  by  ordinance  or  otherwise  legally  established,  sidewalks  shall 
be  constructed,  repaired  and  maintained  at  the  expense  of  the  abut- 
ting land  owners,  composed  of  blue  stone  flagging,  smooth  and  even 
on  the  surface,  and  properly  laid  under  the  direction  of  the  Street 
Commissioner;  the  flags  shall  not  be  less  than  four  feet  long,  trans- 
versely to  the  length  of  the  street,  not  less  than  two  feet  wide 
lengthwise  of  said  street,  and  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  inches 
thick  in  the  thinnest  part;  provided,  that  upon  first  obtaining  written 
permit  from  the  Street  Commissioner,  sidewalks  may  be  constructed 
of  concrete  slabs  of  same  dimensions  as  specified  for  flagging,  except- 
ing that  said  slabs  shall  be  not  less  than  three  inches  thick,  and  shall 
be  composed  of  concrete  containing  at  least  one  part  of  Portland 
cement  to  two  and  one-half  parts  of  sand  and  two  and  one-half 
parts  of  broken  stone,  on  similar  permit,  and  sidewalks  may  be  con- 
structed of  concrete  laid  in  place,  the  construction  of  which  walks 
shall  be  under  the  direction  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
Street  Commissioner.  The  Street  Commissioner  shall  give  the  cor- 
rect lines  and  grades  in  all  cases. 

Sec.  4.  Within  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  described 
in  Section  3,  in  all  cases  in  which  ^dewalks  are  not  already  curbed 
with  stone,  concrete  or  similar  substance,  properly  laid  to  the  grade 
fixed  by  ordinance  or  otherwise  legally  established,  said  sidewalks 
shall  be  curbed  and  the  curbs  repaired  and  maintained  at  the  expense 
of  the  abutting  land  owners,  the  curbs  to  be  of  blue  stone  not  less 
than  four  inches  thick  in  the  thinnest  part  and  sixteen  inches  in 
depth,  smooth  and  even  on  the  surface,  and  laid  under  the  direction 
■of  the  Street  Commissioner.  That  all  return  curbs  shall  have  a 
radius  of  six  feet,  no  place  to  be  less  than  three  feet  two  inches  in 
length.  The  Street  Commissioner  shall  give  the  correct  lines  and 
grades  in  all  cases. 

Sec.  5.  That  within  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  de- 
scribed in  Section  3,  all  sidewalks  and  curbs  shall  be  laid  and  main- 
tained at  the  grade  flxed  by  ordinance  or  otherwise  legally  estab- 
lished, and  where  any  sidewalk  or  curb  or  any  part  thereof  is  or 
shall  become  above  or  below  the  grade,  so  flxed  or  established,  or  is 
or  shall  become  broken  or  uneven  on  the  surface,  such  sidewalk  or 
curb  shall  be  repaired,  put  to  grade,  relaid  or  the  broken  parts 


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replaced,  as  the  case  may  require,  at  the  expense  of  the  abutting 
land  owner. 

Sec.  6.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  owners  of  land  abut- 
ting on  the  sidewalks  of  said  city  to  comply  with  the  preceding  sec- 
tions of  this  ordinance  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the 
Street  Commissioner.  The  Street  Commissioner  is  hereby  author- 
ized to  serve,  or  cause  to  be  served  by  any  of  the  police  officers  of  the 
city,  notices  in  writing  upon  the  owners  or  occupants  of  said  lands 
requiring  the  necessary  specified  work  to  said  sidewalks  to  be  done 
by  said  owners  or  occupants  within  a period  of  thirty  days  from  the 
date  of  service  of  such  notice,  and  shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk  a 
list  of  the  names  of  parties  on  which  notices  have  been  served;  if 
any  said  lands  are  unoccupied  and  the  owner  cannot  be  found  within 
the  city,  the  said  notice  shall  be  mailed,  postage  prepaid,  to  his  or 
her  post  office  address  if  the  same  can  be  ascertained.  In  case  such 
owner  is  a non-resident  of  the  city  and  his  or  her  post  office  address 
cannot  be  ascertained,  then  the  notice  may  be  inserted  for  four 
weeks,  once  a week,  in  the  official  newspapers  of  the  city.  The 
notices  referred  to  in  this  section  shall  be  signed  by  the  Street  Com- 
missioner. 

Sec.  7.  That  in  case  the  owner  or  occupant  of  such  lands 
shall  not  comply  with  the  requirements  of  the  notice  specified  in  the 
preceding  section,  said  Street  Commissioner  shall  file  in  the  office 
of  the  City  Clerk  due  proof  of  the  service  or  publication  of  the  afore- 
said notice  and  thereupon  the  Common  Council  may  cause  the 
required  work  to  be  done  and  paid  for  out  of  the  moneys  of  the 
city  to  the  credit  of  the  Street  Department;  the  cost  of  such  work 
shall  be  certified  by  the  Street  Commissioner  to  the  City  Collector; 
upon  filing  the  said  certificate,  the  amount  of  the  cost  of  such  work 
shall  be  and  become  a lien  upon  the  said  abutting  lands  in  front  of 
which  such  work  was  done,  and  shall  be  collected  in  the  manner 
provided  by  law,  and  shall  bear  interest  at  the  same  rate  as  other 
assessments;  or  payment  may  be  enforced  by  action  in  any  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction,  as  provided  by  the  statute. 

Sec.  8.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  incon- 
sistent herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  April  10,  1899;  amended  by  ordinances  approved 
August  4,  1902;  June  5,  1905;  June  6,  1906;  October  5,  1908. 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  the  Consti-uction  and  Repair  of  Sidewalks 

and  Curbs. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  all  sidewalks  not  already  laid  out  under  prior 


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ordinances  of  said  city  shall  have  a width  not  less  than  one-fifth  of 
the  entire  width  of  the  street,  and  shall  be  raised,  from  the  curb- 
stone line  to  the  side  of  the  street  adjoining  in  the  proportion  of 
one-half  inch  to  one  foot,  unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  reso- 
lution of  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  2.  That,  all  sidewalks  of  blue  stone  flagging  or  concrete 
which  shall  hereafter  be  constructed  under  this  ordinance  shall  be 
constructed  so  that  the  nearest  edge  of  the  blue  stone  flagging  or 
concrete. shall  be  the  following  distances  from  the  side  lines  of  the 
streets,  that  is  to  say:  On  streets  having  a width  of  eighty  feet  or 
more,  a distance  of  eight  feet;  on  streets  having  a width  of  seventy 
feet  or  more  and  less  than  eighty  feet,  a distance  of  five  feet;  on 
streets  having  a width  of  more  than  sixty  feet  and  less  than  seventy 
feet,  a distance  of  three  feet;  on  streets  having  a width  of  fifty  feet 
or  more  and  not  more  than  sixty  feet,  a distance  of  two  feet,  and 
on  streets  having  a width  of  less  than  fifty  feet,  said  blue  stone  flag- 
ging or  concrete  shall  be  so  laid  that  the  sides  of  the  same  shall  be 
at  equal  distances  respectively  from  the  side  line  and  the  curb  line; 
provided,  that  in  any  case,  on  application  to  the  Common  Council 
for  that  purpose,  the  Common  Council  may  by  resolution  specially 
direct  the  distance  which  any  blue  stone  flagging  or  concrete  may 
be  laid  from  the  side  line  as  the  Common  Council  shall  deem  to  be 
for  the  best  interests  of  the  city. 

Sec.  3.  That  all  sidewalks  in  said  city  shall  be  well  and  suf- 
ficiently constructed,  repaired  and  maintained  at  the  expense  of  the 
abutting  land  owners,  so  as  to  be  even  on  the  surface  and  so  laid 
and  constructed  as  freely  to  shed  water  and  for  the  width  of  at 
least  four  feet  free  from  turf,  grass,  weeds,  stubble  and  other  foreign 
substances. 

Sec.  4.  That  within  that  portion  of  said  city  described  as 
follows,  viz: 

Beginning  at  a point  in  the  southeasterly  side  of  Green  Brook 
at  the  northeasterly  side  line  of  Leland  Avenue  and  running  thence 
along  said  line  of  Leland  Avenue  to  the  southeasterly  side  line  of 
Berkeley  Avenue  produced;  thence  along  said  line  produced  and  said 
line  of  Berkeley  Avenue  to  the  easterly  side  line  of  Denmark  Road; 
thence  along  said  line  to  the  easterly  side  line  of  Ravine  Road; 
thence  along  said  line  to  the  southerly  side  line  of  Charlotte  Road 
produced;  thence  along  said  line  produced  and  said  line  of  Charlotte 
/ Road  to  the  southeasterly  side  line  of  Belvidere  Avenue;  thence 
along  said  line  to  the  easterly  side  line  of  Woodland  Avenue;  thence 
along  said  line  to  the  southerly  side  line  of  Prospect  Avenue;  thence 
along  said  line  to  the  easterly  side  line  to  Hillside  Avenue;  thence 
along  said  line  to  the  southerly  side  line  of  Randolph  Road;  thence 


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along  said  line  to  the  easterly  side  line  of  Plainfield  Avenue;  thence 
along  said  line  to  the  southeasterly  side  line  of  Sherman  Avenue; 
thence  along  said  line  to  the  westerly  City  Line;  thence  along  said 
line  to  the  westerly  side  line  of  Evona  Avenue;  thence  along  said 
line  to  the  southwesterly  side  line  of  Clinton  Avenue;  thence  along 
said  line  to  the  southeasterly  side  of  Green  Brook;  thence  along 
the  same  to  the  place  of  beginning;  also  on  both  sides  of  East  Front 
Street  from  Leland  Avenue  to  Terrill  Road;  also  on  both  sides  of 
West  Front  Street  from  Clinton  Avenue  to  the  westerly  City  Line; 
also  on  both  sides  of  North  and  South  Avenues  from  Leland  Avenue 
to  Terrill  Road;  also  on  both  sides  of  Central  Avenue  from  Randolph 
Road  to  Elizabeth  Street;  also  on  both  sides  of  Park  Avenue  from 
Randolph  Road  to  the  southerly  City  Line;  also  on  both  sides  of 
Plainfield  Avenue  from  Sherman  Avenue  to  the  southerly  City  Line, 
in  all  cases  in  which  the  sddewalks  are  not  already  constructed  of 
blue  stone  fiagging,  or  concrete,  properly  laid  to  the  grade  fixed  by 
ordinance  or  otherwise  legally  established,  sidewalks  shall  be  con- 
structed, repaired  and  maintained  at  the  expense  of  the  abutting 
land  owners,  composed  either  (1)  of  blue  stone  flagging,  smooth 
and  even  on  the  surface,  and  properly  laid  under  the  direction  of 
the  Street  Commissioner,  said  blue  stone  flags  to  be  not  less  than 
four  feet  long  transversely  to  the  length  of  the  street,  not  less  than 
two  feet  wide  lengthwise  of  said  street,  and  not  less  than  one  and 
one-half  inches  thick  in  the  thinnest  part;  or  (2)  of  concrete,  to  be 
laid  in  conformity  with  the  specifications  for*  cement  sidewalks  as 
set  forth  in  Standard  Specifications  for  Portland  Cement  Sidewalks 
and  Curbs,  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  April  11th,  1910. 
The  Street  Commissioner  shall  give  the  correct  lines  and  grades  in 
all  cases. 

Sec.  5.  Within  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  described 
in  Section  4,  in  all  cases  in  which  sidewalks  are  not  already  curbed 
with  stone,  concrete  or  similar  substance,  properly  laid  to  the  grade 
fixed  by  ordinance  or  otherwise  legally  established,  said  sidewalks 
shall  be  curbed  and  the  curbs  repaired  and  maintained  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  abutting  land  owners,  the  curbs  to  be  either  (1)  of 
blue  stone  not  less  than  four  inches  thick  in  the  thinnest  part  and 
sixteen  inches  in  depth,  smooth  and  even  on  the  surface,  or  (2)  or 
concrete,  constructed  in  conformity  with  specifications  for  curbs  set 
forth  in  the  Standard  Specifications  referred  to  in  Section  4 of  this 
ordinance,  and  laid  under  the  direction  of  the  Street  Commissioner. 
That  all  return  curbs  shall  have  a radius  of  six  feet,  no  piece  to  be 
less  than  three  feet  two  inches  in  length.  The  Street  Commission- 
er shall  give  the  correct  lines  and  grades  in  all  cases. 

Sec.  6.  That  within  that  portion  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  de- 


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scribed  in  Section  4,  all  sidewalks  and  curbs  shall  be  laid  and  main- 
tained at  the  grade  fixed  by  ordinance  or  otherwise  legally  estab- 
lished, and  where  any  sidewalk  or  curb  or  any  part  thereof  is  or 
shall  become  above  or  below  grade  so  fixed  or  established,  or  is  or 
shall  become  broken  or  uneven  on  the  surface,  such  sidewalk  or  curb 
shall  be  repaired,  put  to  grade,  relaid  or  the  broken  parts  replaced, 
as  the  case  may  require,  at  the  expense  of  the  abutting  land  owner. 

Sec.  7.  If  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  the  owner  or 
owners  of  lands  affected  thereby  shall  neglect  for  the  space  of  thirty 
days  to  make  the  improvement  to  the  sidewalks  thereof  by  this  ordi- 
nance directed  and  required,  the  Common  Council  may  cause  such 
improvements  to  be  made  under  the  direction  and  supervision  of 
the  Street  Commissioner  as  authorized  by  the  statute  in  such  case 
made  and  provided.  Before  proceeding  to  make  any  such  improve- 
ment, the  Common  Council  shall  cause  notice  of  such  contemplated 
improvement  to  be  given  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  land  thereby 
affected,  which  notice  shall  contain  a description  of  the  property 
affected,  sufficiently  definite  in  terms  to  identify  the  same,  as  well  as 
a description  of  the  required  improvements  and  a notice  that  unless 
said  improvement  shall  be  completed  within  thirty  days  after  the 
service  thereof  it  is  the  intention  of  the  City  to  make  said  improve- 
ment or  cause  the  same  to  be  made  pursuant  to  the  authority  of 
the  Act  of  the  Legislature  entitled  “An  Act  to  authorize  cities  to  con- 
struct and  repair  sidewalks  and  curbs,  and  to  provide  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  cost  thereof,”  approved  April  13th,  1908.  Such  notice 
shall  be  served  as  in  said  Act  directed,  and  proof  under  oath  of  the 
publication  or  service  of  such  notice  shall  be  filed  within  two  days 
thereafter  in  the  office  of  the  Collector  of  said  City. 

If  such  improvement  shall  not  be  completed  within  the  time 
and  in  the  manner  directed  in  said  notice,  the  Street  Commissioner 
shall  thereupon  forthwith  proceed  to  cause  such  improvement  to 
be  made  by  the  City  under  his  direction  as  authorized  by  this  ordi- 
nance and  said  Act  of  the  Legislature. 

Sec.  8.  When  any  improvement  of  the  character  hereinbefore 
mentioned  shall  be  made  by  the  City  pursuant  to  said  Act  of  the  Leg- 
islature, a true  and  accurate  account  of  the  cost  and  expense  thereof 
shall  be  kept  by  the  Street  Commissioner  and  apportioned  among 
the  several  properties  improved  in  proportion  to  the  frontage  of 
their  respective  lands,  and  a true  statement  of  such  cost  under  oath 
or  affirmation  of  said  Street  Commissioner  shall  forthwith  be  filed 
by  him  with  the  Collector  of  said  City,  whereupon  said  charge  shall 
be  and  remain  a first  lien  upon  the  lands  and  real  estate  thereby 
improved,  and  shall  bear  the  same  rate  of  interest  as  other  assess- 
ments made  under  the  laws  governing  said  City,  and  shall  be  col- 


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lected  in  the  same  manner  as  assessments  are  now  collected  under 
such  laws,  and  in  case  of  the  non-payment  of  such  charges  the  land 
and  real  estate  subject  to  such  liens  may  be  sold  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided for  the  sale  of  lands  for  the  non-payment  of  assessments  made 
under  such  laws. 

Sec.  9.  That  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsist- 
ent herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  July  15,  1910. 

Amended  by  Ordinance.  Approved  August  15,  1911. 


An  Ordinance  Relating  to  Vaults  and  Cisterns  in  the  Streets  of 

Plainfield 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  no  person  shall  construct  any  vault  or  cistern 
in  any  street,  except  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil, or  the  Committee  on  Streets  thereof,  and  then  only  on  the  pay- 
ment of  such  sum  as  shall  be  from  time  to  time  established  by  reso- 
lution of  the  said  Common  Council,  and  in  all  cases  the  same  shall 
be  completed  and  furnished  within  the  time  prescribed  by  the  said 
Committee  on  Streets  under  the  penalty  of  twenty  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  vaults  shall  be  constructed  of  stone  or  brick, 
and  the  grating  or  opening  into  the  street  shall  be  within  twelve 
inches  of  the  coping  or  area  in  front  of  the  house  to  which  said  vault 
shall  belong  or  within  twelve  inches  of  the  curbstone,  under  the  pen- 
alty of  twenty  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  owner  or  person  making  or 
causing  the  same  to  be  made. 

Sec.  3.  That  no  person  shall  remove,  or  cause,  or  procure, 
or  permit  to  be  removed,  or  insecurely  fixed  so  that  the  same  can 
be  removed  in  its  bed,  any  grate  or  covering  to  the  opening  or  aper- 
ture of  any  vault  in  the  City  of  Plainfield,  under  the  penalty  of  ten 
dollars. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  last  preceding  section  shall  not  be  construed 
so  as  to  prevent  the  removal  of  any  such  grate  or  covering;  provided, 
the  aperture  of  such  vault,  during  the  removal  of  such  grate  or  cov- 
ering, shall  be  enclosed  with  a strong  box  or  curb,  at  least  twenty- 
four  inches  high;  and  in  no  case  shall  such  grate  or  covering  be  re- 
moved and  left  off  the  opening  except  while  said  opening  is  being 
continuously  used  for  the  purpose  of  passing  anything  through  said 
aperture. 

Sec.  5.  That  no  person  or  persons  shall  suffer  or  permit  the 
aperture  or  covering  to  any  such  vault  in  the  streets  or  sidewalks 


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of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  to  remain  open  for  any  period  between  sun- 
set and  sunrise  the  next  morning,  under  the  penalty  of  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  6.  That  all  grates  to  vaults  shall  be  made  of  iron,  the 
bars  whereof  shall  be  three-fourths  of  an  inch  wide  and  one-half 
of  an  inch  apart,  or  such  vaults  shall  be  covered  with  patent  vault 
lights  or  iron,  under  a penalty  of  ten  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  own- 
ers thereof  or  the  occupant  of  the  house  to  which  the  same  shall 
belong. 

Sec.  7.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owmer  or  occupant 
of  any  lot  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  during  construction  of  any  vault 
or  cistern  in  any  street,  and  also  during  the  use  of  any  portion  of 
any  street  for  temporary  storage  of  building  materials,  and  also  dur- 
ing the  making  of  excavations  in  any  street,  and  also  during  the 
obstruction  of  any  street  for  any  other  purpose,  to  keep  and  main- 
tain a passageway  over  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  said  premises  for 
the  width  of  five  feet,  if  the  sidewalk  be  of  that  or  greater  width, 
and  if  not  then  for  the  entire  width  of  said  sidewalk  in  a condition 
passable  and  safe  for  the  traveling  public,  under  penalty  of  fifteen 
dollars,  to  be  paid  by  the  owner  or  occupant  thereof  for  each  of- 
fense, and  the  further  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  every  day  the  same 
shall  be  continued  in  condition  not  passable  and  safe  as  aforesaid, 
after  being  notified  by  due  process  of  such  fact. 

Approved  July  2,  1889. 


An  Ordinance  Designating  the  Streets  or  Highways  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield,  in  and  Through  Which  the  Posts  and  Poles  of  the 
New  York  and  New  Jersey  Telephone  Company  may  be  Placed 
and  the  Manner  of  Placing  the  Same. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  route  for  the  line  of  the  New  York  and  New  Jer- 
sey Telephone  Company,  in  and  through  the  City  of  Plainfield,  and 
the  streets  and  highways  of  said  citj%  in  which  the  posts  or  poles  of 
said  Company  may  be  placed,  and  the  manner  of  placing  the  same, 
are  hereby  designated  and  prescribed  as  follows: 

Beginning  at  Terrill  Road,  in  the  eastern  limit  of  the  city  on 
the  north  side  of  South  Avenue,  running  thence  along  the  north  side 
of  South  Avenue  to  the  east  side  of  Richmond  Street;  thence  cross- 
ing Richmond  Street  to  the  south  side  of  East  Fourth  Street;  thence 
along  the  south  side  of  East  Fourth  Street  seven  hundred  and 
seventy-five  (775)  feet;  thence  diagonally  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
four  (124)  feet  to  the  north  side  of  East  Fourth  Street;  thence  along 
the  north  side  of  East  Fourth  Street  two  hundred  and  seventy-tw’O 


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(272)  feet;  thence  diagonally  one  hundred  and  nineteen  (119)  feet 
to  the  south  side  of  East  Fourth  Street;  thence  along  the  south  side 
of  East  Fourth  Street  two  hundred  and  ninety-seven  (297)  feet  and 
ten  (10)  inches;  thence  diagonally  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight 
(12  8)  feet  to  the  north  side  of  East  Fourth  Street;  thence  along  the 
north  side  of  East  Fourth  Street  to  the  east  side  of  Broadway; 
thence  along  the  east  side  of  Broadway  to  the  north  side  of  North 
Avenue;  thence  along  the  north  side  of  North  Avenue  to  the  west 
side  of  Park  Avenue;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Park  Avenue  to 
the  north  side  of  West  Front  Street;  thence  along  the  north  side  of 
West  Front  Street  to  the  east  side  of  Madison  Avenue;  thence  along 
the  east  side  of  Madison  Avenue  to  the  south  side  of  West  Third 
Street;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  West  Third  Street  to  the  west 
side  of  Liberty  Street;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Liberty  Street 
to  the  south  side  of  West  Eighth  Street;  thence  along  the  south  side 
of  West  Eighth  Street  to  the  east  side  of  Plainfield  Avenue;  thence 
along  the  east  side  of  Plainfield  Avenue  to  the  south  side  of  Ran- 
dolph Road;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  Randolph  Road  four  hun- 
dred and  seventy-five  (475)  feet;  thence  diagonally  one  hundred 
and  forty-six  (146)  feet  to  the  north  side  of  Randolph  Road;  thence 
along  the  north  side  of  Randolph  Road  to  the  west  side  of  Madison 
Avenue;  thence  to  the  south  side  of  Randolph  Road;  thence  along 
the  south  side  of  Randolph  Road  to  Park  Avenue;  thence  along  the 
west  side  of  Park  Avenue  to  the  city  limits. 

Also  beginning  on  the  east  side  of  Woodland  Avenue  at  its 
junction  with  South  Avenue;  thence  along  the  east  side  of  Woodland 
Avenue  sixty-six  (66)  feet;  thence  to  the  west  side  of  Woodland 
Avenue;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Woodland  Avenue  four  hun- 
dred and  seventy-five  (475)  feet;  thence  to  the  east  side  of  Wood- 
land Avenue  and  north  side  of  Park  Lane;  thence  along  the  north 
side  of  Park  Lane  one  hundred  and  seventy-one  (171)  feet;  thence 
to  the  south  side  of  Park  Lane  and  the  west  side  of  Denmark  Road; 
thence  along  the  west  and  south  side  of  Denmark  Road  to  the  west 
side  of  Berkeley  Avenue;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Berkeley 
Avenue  to  Ravine  Road;  thence  to  the  east  and  south  side  of  Berke- 
ley Avenue;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  Berkeley  Avenue  to  the 
west  side  of  Belvidere  Avenue. 

Also  beginning  at  the  corner  of  South  Avenue  and  Leland  Ave- 
nue; running  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Leland  Avenue  to  the 
north  side  of  North  Avenue;  thence  along  the  north  side  of  North 
Avenue  to  the  east  side  of  Netherwood  Avenue;  thence  along  the 
east  side  of  Netherwood  Avenue  to  East  Front  Street. 

Also  beginning  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Fifth  and  Richmond 
Streets;  running  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Richmond  Street  to 
the  south  side  of  LaGrande  Avenue;  thence  along  the  west  side  of 


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Riclimond  Street  to  the  south  side  of  Putnam  Avenue;  thence  along 
the  south  side  of  Putnam  Avenue  to  Kensington  Avenue. 

Also  beginning  at  the  southwest  corner  of  East  Fourth  Street 
and  Broadway;  running  thence  along  the  south  side  of  East  Fourth 
Street  to  the  east  side  of  Sycamore  Street;  thence  along  the  east  side 
of  Sycamore  Street  two  hundred  (200)  feet;  thence  to  the  west  side 
of  Sycamore  Street;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Sycamore  Street 
to  East  Sixth  Street. 

Also  beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Park  Avenue  and  its 
intersection  with  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey;  thence  along 
the  west  side  of  Park  Avenue  to  Fourth  Street;  thence  to  the  east 
side  of  Park  Avenue;  thence  along  the  east  side  of  Park  Avenue  to 
Fifth  Street. 

Also  beginning  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Park  Avenue  and 
East  Front  Street;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  East  Front  Street 
three  hundred  and  forty-three  (343)  feet;  thence  diagonally  one 
hundred  and  thirty-four  (134)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches  to  the  north 
side  of  East  Front  Street;  thence  along  the  north  side  of  East  Front 
Street  one  hundred  and  ninety-two  (192)  feet;  thence  diagonally 
one  hundred  and  thirty-nine  (139)  feet  to  the  south  side  of  East 
Front  Street;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  East  Front  Street  six 
hundred  (600)  feet  to  its  junction  with  Elm  Place;  thence  to  the 
west  side  of  Elm  Place;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Elm  Place  to 
the  city  limits  on  Green  Brook. 

Also  beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Liberty  and  West 
Third  Streets;  running  thence  along  the  north  side  of  West  Third 
Street  one  hundred  and  ninety  (190)  feet;  thence  diagonally  one 
hundred  and  seventy-seven  (177)  feet  to  the  south  side  of  West 
Third  Street;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  West  Third  Street  nine 
hundred  and  fifty  (950)  feet;  thence  diagonally  one  hundred  and 
ninety-two  (192)  feet  to  the  north  side  of  West  Third  Street,  near 
its  junction  with  Muhlenberg  Place;  thence  along  the  east  side  of 
Muhlenberg  Place  to  the  north  side  of  South  Second  Street;  thence 
along  the  north  side  of  South  Second  Street  to  the  Pond  Tool  Works. 

Also  beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of  West  Third  Street 
and  Plainfield  Avenue;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Plainfield  Ave- 
nue to  West  Second  Street. 

Also  beginning  on  the  south  side  of  Eighth  Street,  at  the  junc- 
tion of  Liberty  Street;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  Eighth  Street 
to  Division  Street. 

Also  beginning  on  the  west  side  of  Plainfield  Avenue  at  its 
junction  with  Randolph  Road;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Plain- 
field  Avenue  to  the  south  side  of  Sherman  Avenue;  thence  along  the 
south  side  of  Sherman  Avenue  to  Grant  Avenue;  thence  along  the 
west  side  of  Grant  Avenue  to  the  north  side  of  Eighth  Street. 


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Also  beginning  on  the  east  side  of  Madison  Avenue,  at  its  junc- 
tion with  Randolph  Road;  thence  along  the  east  side  of  Madison 
Avenue  five  hundred  and  sixty-nine  (569)  feet;  thence  diagonally 
one  hundred  and  twenty-four  (124)  feet  to  the  west  side  of  Madison 
A. venue;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Madison  Avenue  to  the  south 
side  of  West  Ninth  Street;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  West 
Ninth  Street  sixteen  (16)  feet;  thence  diagonally  one  hundred  and 
forty  (14  0)  feet  to  the  north  side  of  West  Ninth  Street;  thence  along 
the  north  side  of  West  Ninth  Street  to  Park  Avenue;  thence  to  the 
south  side  of  East  Ninth  Street;  thence  along  the  south  and  east 
side  of  East  Ninth  Street  to  Broadway. 

Also  beginning  at  the  corner  of  Prospect  Avenue  at  its  junction 
with  East  Ninth  Street;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  Prospect  Ave- 
nue to  Hillside  Avenue;  thence  to  the  north  side  of  Prospect  Avenue; 
thence  along  the  north  side  of  Prospect  Avenue  to  Rahway  Avenue. 

Also  beginning  at  the  corner  of  Second  Place,  at  its  junction 
with  East  Ninth  Street;  thence  along  the  south  side  of  Second  Place 
to  Crescent  Avenue. 

Also  beginning  at  the  corner  of  Rose  Street,  at  its  junction  with 
Randolph  Road;  thence  along  the  west  side  of  Rose  Street  to  Arling- 
ton Avenue. 

Also  beginning  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Front  and  Somerset 
Streets;  thence  along  the  east  side  of  Somerset  Street  to  Green 
Brook. 

Sec.  2.  The  said  posts  or  poles  shall  be  located,  placed  and 
erected  within  and  adjacent  to  the  curb  line,  as  shown  by  the 
official  maps  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  and  at  the  points  or  places 
now  occupied  by  the  post  or  poles  of  the  said  New  York  and  New 
Jersey  Telephone  Company;  and  said  posts  or  poles  may  also  be 
placed  and  erected  at  all  other  points  or  places  upon  said  streets 
which  may  be  indicated  by  the  Street  Committee  of  Common  Coun- 
cil of  said  city  for  the  erection  of  said  posts  or  poles,  if  otherwise 
legally  located,  which  places  so  indicated  shall  not  be  more  than 
one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  feet  apart,  and  all  poles  hereafter 
erected  shall  be  erected  under  the  supervision  of  said  Street  Commit- 
tee and  in  accordance  with  the  Rules  and  Ordinances  of  said  city, 
and  shall  be  located  within  eighteen  inches  of  the  curb  line. 

Approved  by  the  Mayor  April  10,  1889. 


An  Ordinance  Designating  the  Streets  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  in 
and  through  which  the  Posts  and  Poles  of  the  Plainfield  Electric 
Light  Company,  its  Successors  and  Assigns,  may  be  Placed  and 
the  Manner  of  Placing  the  Same. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  the  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 


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Section  1.  That  pursuant  to  an  act  entitled  “An  act  concern- 
ing corporations,  approved  April  7th,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy- 
five,”  which  supplement  was  approved  May  10th,  eighteen  hundred 
and  eighty-four;  all  the  streets,  lanes  and  highways  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield  are  hereby  designated  as  the  streets  in  which  the  Plain- 
field  Electric  Light  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  may  place 
and  maintain  posts  and  poles  to  sustain  th«  necessary  wires  and  fix- 
tures for  the  supply  and  distribution  of  electricity,  for  electric  lights, 
heat  and  power,  for  the  period  of  ten  years  from  November  first, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  and  tho  manner  of  placing  the  same 
shall  be  as  follows: 

The  said  posts  or  poles  shall  be  located,  placed  or  erected  with- 
in and  adjacent  to  the  curb  line  as  shown  by  official  maps  of  the  City 
of  Plainfield,  including  the  points  or  places  now  occupied  by  the  posts 
or  poles  of  the  said  Plainfield  Electric  Light  Company;  and  said  posts 
or  poles  may  also  be  placed  or  erected  at  any  other  points  or  places 
upon  said  streets,  lanes  or  highways  as  may  be  indicated  for  that 
purpose  by  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  or  some 
committee  thereof  authorized  by  the  Common  Council  and  all  poles 
hereafter  erected  shall  be  erected  under  the  supervision  of  said 
Common  Council,  or  its  authorized  committee  and  in  accordance 
with  the  rules  and  ordinances  of  said  city,  and  shall  be  located  within 
eighteen  inches  of  the  curb  line. 

Sec.  2.  That  on  the  first  day  of  November,  nineteen  hundred, 
the  rights  and  privileges  hereby  conferred  upon  or  secured  to  the 
said  Plainfield  Electric  Light  Company,  its  successors  and  assigns, 
shall,  at  the  option  of  the  said  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield, 
cease  and  determine,  and  said  Plainfield  Electric  Light  Company, 
its  successors  and  assigns,  shall  upon  request  of  the  said  inhabitants 
of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  its  Common  Council,  execute  under  the 
corporate  seal  of  said  Company  and  deliver  to  said  inhabitants  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield,  a surrender  and  release  of  all  rights  and  privi- 
leges granted  or  secured  by  this  ordinance,  to  carry  out  the  true 
intent  and  meaning  hereof.  And  said  Plainfield  Electric  Light  Com- 
pany shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk  within  ninety  days  next  after 
passage  of  this  ordinance  its  acceptance  under  its  corporate  seal  and 
signed  by  its  president,  of  the  conditions,  terms,  provisions,  restric- 
tions and  regulations  hereof,  and  every  of  them,  and  in  default  there- 
of, it  shall  be  understood  and  held  that  it  declines  to  accept  the 
same  and  thereupon  the  rights,  powers  and  privileges  to  it  granted 
or  secured  hereby,  shall  forever  cease  and  be  at  an  end,  in  the  same 
manner  and  with  the  same  effect  as  if  this  ordinance  had  never 
been  passed. 

Approved  November  15,  1890. 


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An  Ordinance  Designating  the  Streets  and  Highways  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield  in,  through  and  upon  which  the  Posts  or  Poles  of  the 
Plainfield  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company  may  be  Placed  and 
Maintained,  and  the  Manner  of  Placing  the  same,  and  Providing 
for  the  Construction,  Maintenance  and  Use  by  Said  Company 
of  Underground  Conduits,  Cables,  Wires,  Manholes  and  Ap- 
purtenances for  the  Distribution  of  Electricity  for  Light,  Heat 
and  Power. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  following  streets  and  highways  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield  are  hereby  designated  as  and  for  the  streets  and 
highways  in,  through  or  upon  which  the  posts  or  poles  of  said  Plain- 
field  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company  may  be  placed,  maintained 
and'  used  by  said  Company,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  General 
Statutes  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey  in  such  case  made  and  pro- 
vided, and  subject  to  the  regulations  contained  in  this  ordinance, 
or  that  may  be  imposed  by  the  corporate  authorities  or  legislative 
body  of  the  City  of  Plainfield: 

Albert  street,  Arlington  avenue,  Arlington  place,  Berckman 
street,  Belvidere  avenue,  Berkeley  avenue.  Church  street,  Carlton 
avenue.  Central  avenue,  Charlotte  road.  College  place,  Compton  ave- 
nue, Cottage  place,  Crescent  avenue,  Clinton  avenue,  Dunellen  ave- 
nue, Division  street.  Eighth  street,  west,  Elizabeth  street,  Elmwood 
place.  Elm  place,  Essex  street,  Evona  avenue.  Field  avenue.  First 
place.  Fifth  street,  east.  Fifth  street,  west,  Fourth  street,  east, 
Fourth  street,  west,  Franklin  place.  Front  street,  east.  Front  street, 
west.  Fifth  street,  west  of  Grant  avenue,  Giraud  avenue.  Grant  ave- 
nue, Grove  street.  Hillside  avenue,  Irving  place,  Kensington  avenue, 
Lee  place,  Madison  avenue,  Martine  avenue,  Monroe  avenue,  Muhlen- 
berg place,  Netherwood  avenue.  New  street.  Ninth  street,  east.  Ninth 
street,  west.  North  avenue,  east  of  Richmond  street.  North  avenue, 
between  Park  avenue  and  Watchung  avenue,  Norwood  avenue,  Park 
avenue.  Park  terrace,  Plainfield  avenue,  Prospect  avenue,  Putnam 
avenue.  Ravine  road,  Rahway  road,  Richmond  street,  Sanford  ave- 
nue, Scott  avenue.  Second  street,  east.  Second  street,  west.  Second 
street,  south.  Second  place,  Sixth  street,  east.  Sixth  street,  west, 
Park  avenue  to  Plainfield  avenuo.  Sixth  street,  west,  west  of  Grant 
avenue.  Seventh  street,  east.  Seventh  street,  west,  Sherman  avenue, 
Somerset  street,  South  avenue,  Spooner  avenue,  Stelle  avenue.  Third 
street,  east.  Third  street,  west.  Third  place,  Washington  street, 
Washington  avenue,  Watchung  avenue,  Webster  place,  West  End 
avenue,  Westervelt  avenue.  Woodland  avenue. 


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Sec.  2.  That  the  manner  of  placing  said  posts  or  poles  shall 
be  as  follows: 

They  shall  be  firmly  planted  in  the  ground,  adjacent  to  and 
within  eighteen  inches  of  the  curb  line  on  streets  where  curb  lines 
have  been  established,  and  secured  by  cement  or  grouting  wherever 
necessary  to  maintain  the  poles  in  an  erect  position,  and  said  posts 
or  poles  shall  not  be  less  than  one  hundred  feet  apart. 

Sec.  3. 1 That  said  Plainfield  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company 
be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  construct  and  maintain  for  the  uses 
of  its  business  of  generating  and  distributing  electricity  for  the 
purposes  of  light,  heat  and  power,  a system  of  subways  or  under- 
ground conduits,  including  the  necessary  manholes  and  street  open- 
ings and  lateral  connections  to  property  lines  beneath  the  surface 
of  the  streets  and  other  highways  in  said  city,  and  to  drain  same 
to  storm  sewers,  and  to  place,  maintain  and  operate  in  its  system 
of  subways  or  underground  conduits  the  wires,  cables  or  other  elec- 
trical conductors  necessary  for  its  business,  and  to  construct,  main- 
tain and  use  for  such  purposes  a system  of  electrical  conductors  in 
connection  with  the  necessary  poles  and  appurtenances  for  the  dis- 
tribution of  electricity  from  such  conduits. 

Sec.  4.  That  said  system  of  subways  herein  authorized  shall 
be  constructed  as  follows:  The  same  shall  be  at  least  three  feet 

below  the  surface  of  the  streets  where  located,  with  manholes  where 
necessary,  level  with  the  surface  of  the  street;  the  trenches  shall  be 
carefully  back-filled  and  the  material  thoroughly  rammed  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  Street  Commissioner;  the  work  of  rolling  and 
repairing  the  pavement  shall  be  done  by  the  Street  Commissioner, 
and  the  cost  of  said  work  shall  be  paid  by  said  Plainfield  Gas  and 
Electric  Light  Company;  and  all  the  work  of  constructing  shall  be 
carried  on  under  the  supervision  of  the  Street  Commissioner.  In 
case  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  restore,  relay  or  repair,  or  cause 
to  be  restored,  relaid  or  repaired,  any  pavement  or  street  surface 
within  forty-eight  hours  after  receiving  notice  from  the  Street  Com- 
missioner that  such  work  is  required,  said  Street  Commissioner  shall 
have  the  right  to  cause  such  work  to  be  done  and  the  cost  thereof 
shall  be  paid  by  the  said  Company. 

Sec.  5.  That  said  Company  shall  indemnity  the  said  inhabi- 
tants of  the  Cijty  of  Plainfield  against,  and  assume  all  liability  and 
damages  which  may  at  any  time  arise,  come  or  occur  to  said  city 
from  any  injury  to  persons  or  property  from  the  doing  of  any  work 
herein  authorized,  or  any  work  done  upon,  under  or  along  any  of 
the  streets  of  the  said  city  by  said  company,  or  from  neglect  of  the 
company  or  its  employees  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  any  ordi- 
nance of  said  city  relative  to  the  use  of  streets  or  highways  or  public 


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places,  particularly  as  to  the  erection  and  maintenance  of  lights  and 
guards  at  or  about  excavations;  and  the  acceptance  by  the  Company 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  an  agreement  by  it  to  pay  to  the  Common 
Council  of  Plainfield  any  sum  of  money  for  which  the  city  may  be- 
come liable  from  or  by  reason  of  such  injury  or  damage. 

Sec.  6.  That  said  company  shall  construct  such  subways  and 
appurtenances  at  the  rate  of  at  least  sixteen  hundred  feet  (1,600) 
each  year  from  the  date  of  the  approval  or  final  adoption  of  this 
ordinance  until  the  following  streets  are  clear  of  wires  and  poles  of 
said  company,  viz.: 

West  Front  street  and  East  Front  street  from  Central  avenue 
to  Watchung  avenue; 

Park  avenue  from  Front  street  to  Fourth  street; 

North  avenue  from  Park  avenue  to  Watchung  avenue; 

Watchung  avenue  from  East  Front  street  to  East  Fourth  street. 

The  Common  Council  shall  have  option  to  designate  in  what 
order  subways  in  the  streets  specified  in  this  section  shall  be  laid; 
and  the  said  company  shall  be  at  liberty  to  construct  subways  in  the 
other  streets  specified  in  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance  earlier 
than  herein  specified,  upon  said  company  applying  to  the  Common 
Council  and  obtaining  special  permisison  in  the  premises. 

Sec.  7.  That  this  ordinance  shall  be  void  unless  said  company 
shall  file  with  the  Clerk  of  said  city  its  acceptance  hereof  within 
twenty  days  from  and  after  the  passage  hereof,  which  acceptance 
shall  be  taken  and  construed  to  be  a consent  to  the  terms  and  pro- 
visions hereof,  and  an  agreement  by  said  company  to  perform  what- 
ever is  hereby  required  within  the  time  or  times  herein  limited,  and 
the  said  company  shall  also  within  said  period  of  twenty  days  file 
wth  the  Treasurer  of  said  city  a bond,  with  sureties  to  be  approved 
by  the  Mayor,  in  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this 
ordinance. 

Sec.  8.  That  said  company  shall  pay  into  the  Treasury  of  said 
city  all  advertising  and  printing  fees  incurred  by  the  city  under  this 
ordinance,  and  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

Approved  July  12th,  1898. 


An  Ordinance  Granting  Permission  to  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey 
Telephone  Company,  its  Successors  and  Assigns,  to  Lay  and 
Maintain  Underground  Conduits,  Cables,  Wires  and  Manholes 
for  Electrical  Conductors  in  the  City  of  Plainfield,  New  Jersey, 
to  be  Used  for  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Purposes. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 


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Section  1.  That  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Telephone 
Company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  be  and  it  hereby  is  authorized 
and  empowered  to  construct  and  maintain  for  the  uses  and  pur- 
poses of  its  business  aforesaid,  a system  of  subways  or  underground 
conduits,  including  the  necessary  manholes  and  street  openings,  and 
lateral  connections  to  property  lines  beneath  the  surface  of  the 
streets,  avenues  and  other  highways  in  the  City  of  Plainfield,  and 
to  place,  maintain  and  operate  in  said  system  of  subways  or  under- 
ground conduits  the  wires,  cables  or  other  electrical  conductors  nec- 
essary for  its  said  business;  also  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate 
for  such  purposes  a system  of  electrical  conductors  in  connection 
with  the  necessary  poles  for  distribution  from  the  electrical  con- 
ductors to  be  placed  in  the  subways  or  underground  conduits  herein 
before  mentioned. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  ordained  that  the  following  streets, 
avenues  and  highways  and  parts  thereof  are  hereby  designated  for 
the  construction  of  the  underground  conduits  of  said  company  to 
be  opened  only  after  the  adoption  of  a resolution  granting  permis- 
sion in  each  street. 

Front  street  from  the  Eastern  to  the  Western  limits  of  the  city. 

Somerset  street  from  the  Northern  limits  of  the  city  to  Front 
street. 

Park  avenue  from  Front  street  to  Randolph  road. 

North  avenue  from  Park  avenue  to  Watchung  avenue. 

Watchung  avenue  from  Front  street  to  Kensington  avenue. 

East  Fifth  street  and  South  avenue  from  Watchung  avenue  to 
Leland  avenue. 

Eighth  street  from  Park  avenue  to  Plainfield  avenue. 

Sixth  street  from  Watchung  avenue  to  Plainfield  avenue. 

Central  avenue  from  Front  street  to  Randolph  road. 

Fourth  street  from  Watchung  avenue  to  Plainfield  avenue. 

Liberty  street  from  Front  street  to  Eighth  street. 

Washington  avenue  from  Front  street  to  the  Northern  limits 
of  the  city; 

and  all  other  streets,  avenues  and  highways  of  said  city  as  may  be 
necessary  and  from  time  to  time  designated  in  permits  to  be  issued 
by  the  Street  Committee  for  the  construction  of  such  conduits;  said 
company  may  on  the  same  streets,  avenues  and  parts  thereof  erect 
the  necessary  poles,  fixtures  and  supports  for  distributing  its  electri- 
cal conductors  along,  across  and  above  the  surface  of  the  streets 
in  connection  with  said  subways;  said  poles  shall  be  placed  inside 
and  within  eighteen  (18)  inches  of  and  adjacent  to  the  curb  line; 
said  cables  shall  in  all  cases  be  placed  under  the  carriage-way  and 
within  five  (5)  feet  of  the  curb  line,  unless  obstructions  make  it 


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necessary  to  go  further  from  the  curb  line,  and  then  only  after 
written  permission  has  been  given  by  the  Committee  on  Streets  and 
Sewers,  and  shall  be  placed  at  least  eighteen  (18)  inches  below  the 
surface  of  the  street. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  ordained  that  the  said  manholes 
shall  be  located  beneath  the  surface  of  the  streets  at  such  points 
along  the  line  of  the  subways  or  underground  conduits  as  may  be 
necessary  or  convenient  for  placing  and  operating  the  electrical  con- 
ductors which  the  said  company  may  from  time  to  time  place  in 
said  subways  or  underground  conduits,  and  shall  be  so  constructed 
as  not  to  interfere  with  the  passage  of  the  public  over  and  along 
the  said  streets;  and  the  said  company  shall  restore  any  street  or 
avenue  which  may  be  disturbed  in  the  construction  or  maintenance 
of  said  subways  or  conduits  and  manholes  to  the  condition  in  which 
it  was  at  the  commencement  of  the  work  thereon,  and  free  from 
any  cost  or  expense  whatever  to  the  City  of  Plainfield.  And  the  said 
company  and  its  servants  and  employes  in  the  laying  of  any  wires 
or  conduits,  in  excavating  or  replacing  the  earth  in  any  street,  alley 
or  public  place,  and  of  the  pavement  thereon,  shall  be  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Street  Commissioner,  and  shall  promptly  comply 
with  any  order  of  said  commissioner  in  reference  thereto.  The  earth 
removed  in  making  any  excavation  shall  be  restored,  and  the  pave- 
ment taken  up  shall  be  relaid  by  the  said  company  in  as  good  con- 
dition as  before  the  making  of  such  excavation  or  taking  up  of  such 
pavement,  and  thereafter  shall  be  maintained  in  as  good  con- 
dition as  the  surrounding  pavement,  until  such  street,  avenue  or 
highway  in  each  case  shall  be  repaved  by  the  city.  No  street,  ave- 
nue, alley  or  public  place  shall  be  incumbered  for  a longer  period 
than  shall  be  necessary  to  execute  the  work  for  which  the  excavation 
is  made.  The  cost  of  restoring  the  earth  or  otherwise,  arising  from 
such  excavations,  and  the  laying  of  pavements  and  repairs  thereto, 
caused  by  the  opening  of  any  such  avenue,  street,  alley  or  public 
place,  shall  be  paid  by  said  company,  and  said  work  shall  be  done 
under  the  supervision  of  the  Street  Commissioner.  In  case  the  com- 
pany shall  fail  to  restore,  relay  or  repair  any  pavement  or  street 
surface  within  48  hours  after  receiving  notice  from  the  Street  Com- 
missioner that  such  work  is  required,  said  Street  Commissioner  shall 
have  the  right  to  cause  such  work  to  be  done,  and  the  cost  thereof 
shall  be  paid  by  the  company. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  ordained  that  said  company  shall 
indemnify  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  against  and 
assume  all  liability  and  damages  which  may  at  any  time  arise,  come 
or  occur  to  said  city  from  any  injury  to  persons  or  property  frbm  the 
doing  of  any  work  herein  mentioned,  or  from  the  neglect  of  the 
company  or  its  employes  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  any  ordi- 


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nance  of  the  city  relative  to  the  use  of  streets  or  other  public  places, 
especially  as  to  the  putting  up  of  lights  or  barriers  at  or  around  ex- 
cavations; and  the  acceptance  by  the  company  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  an  agreement  by  it  to  pay  to  the  Common  Council  of  Plain- 
field  any  sum  of  money  for  which  the  city  may  become  liable  from 
or  by  reason  of  such  injury  and  damage. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  ordained  that  the  said  company  shall 
file  with  the  Mayor  or  City  Clerk  its  acceptance  of  this  ordinance 
within  twenty  (20)  days  from  the  date  when -such  ordinance  shall 
take  effect,  and  shall  also  file  with  the  City  Treasurer  a satisfactory 
bond  with  sureties  approved  by  the  Mayor  in  the  sum  of  three  thou- 
sand dollars  ($3,000),  that  it  will  faithfully  comply  with  and  per- 
form all  of  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  ordained  that  the  said  The  New  York 
and  New  Jersey  Telephone  Company  shall  provide  sufficient  space 
in  said  subways  or  underground  conduits  to  accommodate  the  tele- 
graph or  telephone  wires  or  conductors  operated  from  time  to  time 
by  the  Police,  Fire  and  other  Departments  of  the  City  of  Plainfield. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  ordained  that  said  company  shall  pay 
into  the  City  Treasurer  all  advertising  and  printing  fees  incurred 
by  the  city  under  this  ordinance,  and  that  this  ordinance  shall  take 
effect  immediately. 

Approved  November  11,  1897. 


An  Ordinance  for  Preventing  or  Removing  from  the  Streets  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield  Obstructions,  Encroachments,  Encumbrances 
and  Nuisances,  and  Concerning  the  Laying  Down  of  Iron,  Lead, 
Glass,  Wood  or  other  Pipes  for  the  Conveyance  of  Water  or 
Gas  in  said  Streets. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  no  person  or  persons,  or  corporation,  shall 
place  or  cause  to  be  placed  upon  any  of  the  streets,  roads,  high- 
ways, sidewalks  or  alleys  of  said  city,  any  pipes  or  castings  of 
iron  or  other  metal,  or  of  other  hard  substance  without  first  ob- 
taining from  said  Common  Council  a designation  of  the  streets, 
roads,  highways,  sidewalks  or  alleys  in  which  the  same  may  be 
placed,  and  the  manner  of  placing  the  same,  under  penalty  of  a 
fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  2.  That  no  person  or  persons,  or  corporation,  shall  dig 
or  plow,  or  otherwise  disturb  the  surface  of  any  of  the  streets,  roads, 
highways,  alleys  or  sidewalks  of  said  city,  without  first  obtain- 
ing from  said  Common  Council  a designation  of  such  streets,  roads, 


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highways,  alleys  and  sidewalks,  and  of  the  manner  in  which  the 
work  may  be  done,  under  a penalty  of  a fine  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  3.  That  no  person  or  persons,  or  corporation,  shall  lay 
down,  or  cause  to  be  laid  down,  iron,  lead,  glass,  wood  or  other 
pipes,  for  the  conveyance  of  water  or  gas  in  the  streets,  highways, 
alleys  and  sidewalks  of  said  city  withoutx  first  obtaining  from  the 
Common  Council  of  said  city  a designation  of  the  streets,  highways, 
alleys  and  sidewalks  in  which  the  same  may  be  laid,  and  in  what 
part  thereof  the  same  may  be  laid,  and  the  manner  of  laying  the 
same,  under  a penalty  of  a fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars 
for  each  offence. 

Sec.  4.  That  any  person  or  persons  who,  or  corporation  which, 
shall  fail  to  remove  from  the  streets,  highways,  sidewalks  or  alleys 
of  said  city,  any  pipes  or  castings  of  iron  or  other  metal,  or  other 
hard  substance,  that  shall  have  been  placed  or  caused  to  be  placed 
thereon  by  such  person  or  persons,  or  corporation  in  violation  of 
Section  1 of  this  ordinance,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  being 
notified  so  to  do  by  the  Street  Commissioner  of  said  City,  shall  be 
liable  to  the  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  fine  for  each  day  that  such 
failure  to  remove  as  aforesaid  shall  continue. 

Sec.  5.  That  any  person  or  persons  who,  or  corporation  which, 
shall  fail  to  remove  from  the  streets,  roads,  highways,  sidewalks  or 
alleys  of  said  city,  any  iron,  lead,  glass,  wood  or  other  pipes  for  the 
conveyance  of  water  or  gas,  that  such  persons  or  corporation  may 
have  laid  down  or  caused  to  be  laid  down  contrary  to  the  provisions 
of  Section  2, 'of  this  ordinance,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  being 
notified  so  to  do  by  the  Street  Commissioner  of  said  city,  shall  be 
liable  to  the  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  fine  for  each  day  that  such 
failure  to  remove  as  aforesaid  shall  continue. 

Sec.  6.  That  nothing  in  the  preceding  sections  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  repair  of  pipes  laid  in  pursuance 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  nor  the  repair  of  any  gas  pipes 
that  shall  have  been  laid  prior  to  the  adoption  of  this  ordinance, 
nor  to  prevent  the  temporary  use  or  disturbance  of  the  streets,  roads, 
highways,  alleys  and  sidewalks  for  the  purpose  of  making  such  re- 
pairs. 

Sec.  7.  That  no  person  or  persons,  or  corporation  shall  carry 
on  or  maintain  a system  of  water  works  within  the  limits  of  the 
said  City  of  Plainfield  until  there  shall  first  have  been  introduced 
into  said  city  a system  of  sewerage  adequate  and  sufficient  to  carry 
off  such  water  as  may  be  supplied  by  said  system  of  water  works  so 
as  not  to  endanger  the  health  or  well-being  of  the  inhabitants  of  said 
city;  but  nothing  in  this  ordinance  contained  shall  be  construed  to 
apply  to  or  interfere  with  the  contract  heretofore  entered  into  be- 


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tween  said  city  and  the  Water  Works  Company  of  Plainfield.  Any 
person  or  persons  or  corporation  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  be  liable  to  the  penalty  of  a fine  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars  for  every  day  that  such  violation  shall 
continue. 

Approved  December  24,  1890. 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  the  Use  and  Repair  of  Streets. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  in  case  the  surface  of  any  of  the  streets  or 
sidewalks  of  said  City  shall  have  been  disturbed  or  shall  be  disturb- 
ed by  any  person  or  persons  or  corporation,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
such  person  or  persons  or  corporation  respectively  within  ten  days 
after  such  disturbance,  or  in  case  the  same  shall  have  already  been 
made  before  the  date  on  which  this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect, 
then  within  ten  days  from  the  date  last  referred  to,  to  cause  said 
streets  or  sidewalks  to  be  put  as  nearly  as  practicable  in  as  good 
condition  as  the  same  were  in  before  being  disturbed  as  aforesaid, 
so  that  the  same  shall  be  hard,  smooth,  and  even  on  the  surface  and 
of  the  same  grade  and  level  as  before  said  disturbance  was  begun. 
And  it  shall  further  be  the  duty  of  any  such  person  or  persons  or 
corporation  in  case  any  such  disturbance  as  aforesaid  or  any  work 
done  in  connection  therewith  by  such  person  or  persons  or  corpora- 
tion has  caused  or  shall  at  any  time  or  times  cause  any  depression 
or  elevation  in  any  street  or  sidewalk  so  disturbed  to  remedy  said 
defect  within  ten  days  after  being  notified  by  the  Street  Commis- 
sioner in  writing  so  to  do.  Any  person  or  persons  who  or  any  cor- 
poration which  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  on  conviction  thereof  be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Approved  September  15,  1891. 


An  Ordinance  to  Establish  Street  Numbers  for  Parcels  of  Real  Es- 
tate in  the  City  of  Plainfield. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  several  parcels  of  real  estate  fronting  on 
the  streets,  avenues,  roads,  lanes  and  alleys  of  the  City  of  Plainfield 
shall  be  numbered  and  each  of  said  parcels  shall  be  known  and 
designated  by  the  number  or  numbers  indicated  on  the  official  tax 
maps  of  said  City,  adopted  by  resolution  of  the  Common  Council 


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February  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  on  file  with  the  Col- 
lector of  Taxes,  and  entitled  as  follows:  “Block  Assessment  Maps 
of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  Union  County,  New  Jersey,  First  Ward, 

1909,”  “Block  Assessment  Maps  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  Union 

County,  New  Jersey,  Second  Ward,  1909,”  “Block  Assessment  Maps 
of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  Union  County,  New  Jersey,  Third  Ward, 

1909,”  “Block  Assessment  Maps  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  Union 

County,  New  Jersey,  Fourth  Ward,  1909,”  all  made  by  F.  J.  Hub- 
bard, Civil  Engineer,  and  said  maps  are  hereby  adopted  as  the  offi- 
cial maps  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  for  the  purpose  of  establishing 
street  numbers,  and  the  numbers  shown  on  said  maps  are  hereby 
established  as  the  proper  numbers  of  said  parcels  of  real  estate  re- 
spectively. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  owner  or  owners  of  each  and  every  dwelling 
house  or  store  which  now  fronts  upon  any  of  the  public  streets, 
avenues,  roads,  lanes  or  alleys  of  said  city  on  which  the  proper 
number  is  not  now  placed  as  hereinafter  specified,  shall  within  sixty 
days  after  this  ordinance  goes  into  effect,  cause  the  proper  number 
of  such  dwelling  house  or  store  to  be  placed  in  figures  in  some  sub- 
stantial manner  in  some  conspicuous  place  on  the  front  part  of  such 
dwelling  house  or  store,  so  as  to  be  plainly  visible  from  the  side- 
walk, and  in  default  of  compliance  herewith,  shall  be  liable  to  a 
penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence.  * 

Sec.  3.  That  the  owner  or  owners  of  every  dwelling  house  or 
store  that  may  hereafter  be  erected  within  the  limits  of  said  City, 
shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  completion  thereof,  cause  the 
proper  numbers  of  such  dwelling  house  or  store  to  be  placed  in  fig- 
ures in  some  substantial  manner  in  some  conspicuous  place  on  the 
front  part  of  such  dwelling  house  or  store  so  as  to  be  plainly  visible 
from  the  sidewalk,  and  in  default  of  compliance  herewith,  shall  be 
liable  to  a penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  4.  That  to  enable  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  parcel  of 
real  estate  fronting  on  any  of  the  streets,  avenues,  roads*,  lanes  or 
alleys  of  said  City  to  ascertain  the  correct  number  thereof,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Collector  of  Taxes,  upon  application  made  to  him, 
to  allow  such  applicant  to  inspect  said  official  maps  and  said  official 
maps  shall  also  at  all  proper  times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the 
public  at  the  office  of  the  Collector  of  Taxes. 

Sec.  5.  That  in  case  the  owner  of  any  lot  or  lots  shall  at  any 
time  desire  the  renumbering  thereof  he  shall  be  at  liberty  to  apply 
to  the  Common  Council  by  petition,  which  petition  shall  be  accom- 
panied by  a properly  prepared  map  showing  the  changes  desired, 
and  clearly  showing  how  the  numbers  for  the  entire  block  would 
stand  in  case  such  renumbering  is  ordered.  The  applicant  shall  pre- 
sent with  his  said  petition,  proof  by  affidavit  that  a copy  of  said 


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petition  together  with  notice  of  his  intention  to  apply  to  the  Com- 
mon Council  has  been  served  upon  all  of  the  owners  of  property 
fronting  on  the  said  block  or  published  in  all  the  officials  papers  of 
said  City  at  least  ten  days  prior  to  date  of  presentation  of  such  peti- 
tion, and  thereupon  the  Common  Council  may  in  its  discretion  by 
resolution  order  said  block  to  be  renumbered  in  the  manner  specified 
in  such  application  or  in  such  other  manner  as  they  may  deem  best. 
In  case  the  Common  Council  order  any  change  in  the  numbering  of 
said  block,  a map  duly  authenticated  shall  be  filed  with  the  Collector 
of  Taxes  showing  the  changes  as  made,  and  upon  said  map  being  so 
fi’ed,  the  numbers  designated  thereon  shall,  as  to  the  block  in  ques- 
tion, supersede  those  on  the  original  maps  referred  to  in  this  ordi- 
nance. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  to  Provide 
a New  System  of  Street  Numbers,”  approved  March  22,  1892,  and 
all  other  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances,  so  far  as  they  are  incon- 
sistent herewith,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  December  5,  1910. 


An  Ordinance  Locating  the  Tracks  of  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway 
Companjs  and  Regulating  the  Construction  and  Operation  of 
the  Same  and  Granting  Permission  to  said  Company  to  use 
Electric  Motors  as  the  Propelling  PoAver  of  its  Cars. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  tracks  of  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway 
Company’s  railway  be  and  are  hereby  located  pursuant  to  the  route 
designated  in  their  articles  of  incorporation  in  the  following  streets 
and  avenues  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  to  wit: 

Beginning  at  a point  at  the  intersection  of  West  Sixth  street 
with  the'  southwesterly  line  of  Park  avenue  and  running  thence 
through  West  Sixth  street  westerly  to  Plainfield  avenue;  thence 
through  Plainfield  avenue  southerly -to  West  Seventh  street;  thence 
through  West  Seventh  street  westerly  to  Monroe  avenue;  thence 
through  Monroe  avenue  northerly  to  West  Fourth  street;  thence 
through  West  Fourth  street  easterly  to  Grant  avenue;  thence 
through  Grant  avenue  northerly  to  West  Front  street;  thence 
through  West  Front  street  to  the  southwesterly  side  line  of  Park 
avenue,  and  also  from  Front  street  through  Somerset  street  to  the 
line  of  North  Plainfield  township. 

And  said  Street  Railway  Company  is  hereby  given  the  right  to 
construct,  maintain  and  operate  its  street  railway  in  said  streets 
within  the  City  of  Plainfield.  A detailed  plan  of  construction  shall 


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be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk  by  said  company  and  be  approved  by 
said  Common  Council  before  any  work  is  done  under  the  permission 
herein  granted. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  said  company  shall  construct,  maintain  and 
operate  a double  track  street  railway  in  Front  street  from  Grant 
avenue  to  Park  avenue,  and  in  other  streets  and  avenues  and  por- 
tions thereof  above  designated.  The  said  company  shall  construct, 
maintain  and  operate  a single  track  street  railway  to  be  laid  upon 
the  middle  line  of  the  street  (except  when  by  ordinance  of  the  Com- 
mon Council  shall  otherwise  expressly  determine)  with  suitable 
turnouts  and  switches;  Provided,  that  no  turnout  shall  be  more  than 
one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  in  length,  nor  within  five  hundred  feet 
of  any  other  turnout  on  the  same  street;  and  provided  also,  that 
every  turnout  shall  be  laid  equally  on  each  side  of  the  middle  line 
of  the  street. 

Sec.  3.  Said  Company  shall  keep  in  repair  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  Committee  on  Streets,  the  paving  or  other  surface  material 
of  the  portion  of  streets,  roads  and  bridges  occupied  by  its  tracks^ 
and  in  addition  shall  so  keep  in  repair  eighteen  inches  on  each  side 
of  the  said  streets,  roads,  and  bridges  occupied  by  its  tracks;  or,  if 
not  so  kept  and  maintained,  the  repairs  thereto  may  be  made  by  or 
under  the  direction  of  said  Committee  on  Streets,  and  to  their  satis- 
faction, and  the  expense  thereof  shall  be  paid  on  demand  by  said 
company  to  said  city;  Provided,  that  the  said  Committee  on  Streets 
or  a majority  of  them,  shall  give  at  least  ten  days’  notice,  in  writing, 
of  the  intention  to  make  such  repairs;  the  said  notice  to  be  served 
upon  any  officer  or  employee  of  said  company  who  may  be  found  at 
their  office  or  depot. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  company  and  its  officers,  servants,  agents  or 
employees  shall  not  nor  shall  any  or  either  of  them  be  allowed  to 
shovel,  throw  or  place  any  snow,  ice  or  slush  alongside  the  said  track 
or  tracks,  in  any  street  or  streets,  in  such  manner  as  to  obstruct 
other  public  travel  therein;  but,  when  removing  such  snow,  ice  or 
slush  from  said  track  or  tracks,  the  said  company  or  its  said  officers, 
servants,  agents  or  employees,  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  immediate- 
ly levelled  between  said  track  or  tracks  and  the  gutter  lines  on  each 
side  thereof;  under  a penalty  of  twenty  dollars  to  be  paid  by  said 
company,  or  by  any  of  its  said  officers,  servants,  agents  or  employees 
so  offending  to  said  city,  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  5.  The  rails  to  be  used  for  said  railway  shall  be  of  steel, 
and  shall  be  of  the  best  and  most  approved  quality  and  pattern  of 
side  bearing  rails,  of  not  less  than  66  pounds  to  the  yard,  and  the 
sleepers,  ties,  chairs  and  spikes  shall  severally  be  of  the  best  quality 
of  their  respective  kinds;  and  both  material  and  workmanship  shall 
be  subject  to  the  inspection  and  approval  of  the  Committee  on 


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Streets;  and  said  railway  shall  not  be  operated  for  the  transporta- 
tion of  passengers,  or  fares  be  collected  thereon,  until  such  approval 
and  acceptance  by  said  Common  Council  or  a majority  of  them. 

Sec.  6.  The  company  shall,  in  laying  its  tracks,  switches  and 
turnouts,  conform  in  all  cases,  to  the  grade  lines  of  the  streets,  as 
now  established,  or  as  they  may  be  hereafter  changed  or  established 
by  the  Common  Council;  and  said  company  shall  in  case  of  any 
such  change  of  grade,  conform  thereto,  and  alter  such  tracks, 
switches  and  turnouts  at  their  own  expense,  and  without  unneces- 
sary delay,  and  under  the  direction  of  said  Committee  on  Streets; 
or  in  case  of  default,  the  said  Committee  on  Streets  shall  make  such 
a change,  or  cause  the  same  to  be  made,  and  the  expense  thereof 
shall  be  paid,  on  demand,  by  said  company  to  said  city;  Provided, 
ten  days’  notice  of  the  committee’s  intention  to  make  such  change 
shall  be  given,  and  served  in  the  same  manner  as  in  case  of  repairs 
as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  7.  In  passing  over  the  gutters  of  any  cross  street  where 
the  bottom  of  such  gutters  is  or  may  be  below  the  grade  line  of 
such  railroads,  the  rails  shall  be  securely  laid  and  fastened  upon 
iron  bridges  of  the  most  approved  pattern;  and  such  bridges  shall  be 
extended  on  each  side  of  the  track  or  tracks  to  the  gutter  line  of 
the  street  in  which  said  track  or  tracks  is  or  are  laid;  the  bridges 
and  work  to  be  subject  to  the  inspection  and  approval  of  said  Com- 
mittee on  Streets,  in  every  particular. 

Sec.  8.  During  the  construction  of  said  railroad,  no  unneces- 
sary hindrance  or  obstruction  to  ordinary  travel  upon  any  such 
street  or  streets,  shall  be  permitted;  and  if  any  accident  or  other 
casualty  shall  happen  or  occur,  at  any  time,  to  any  person  or  prop- 
erty, because  or  by  reason  of  any  work  connected  with  such  con- 
struction of  said  railroad  or  afterward  because  or  by  reason  of  any 
operation  thereof,  or  through  the  carelessness  or  negligence  of  any 
of  the  company’s  officers  or  servants,  agents  or  employees  the  said 
company  shall  be  liable  therefor,  and  shall  indemnify  and  save 
said  city  harmless  from  all  cost,  loss  or  damage  by  reason  thereof. 

Sec.  9.  No  car  belonging  to  said  company  shall  be  allowed  to 
stand  in  or  obstruct  any  cross  street,  or  to  stand  upon  any  cross- 
walk, for  any  purpose  or  purposes  whatsoever;  nor  to  stand  or  re- 
main in  any  one  position,  upon  any  street,  for  more  than  five  min- 
utes at  one  time;  except  when  said  car  shall  be  unavoidably  ob- 
structed or  detained  without  the  fault  or  negligence  of  said  com- 
pany, or  any  of  its  officers,  servants,  agents  or  employees  under  the 
penalty  of  five  dollars  to  be  paid  by  said  company  to  said  city  for 
each  and  every  offence.  And  that  cars  stopping  to  take  up  or  let 
off  passengers  at  any  street  crossing,  shall  in  all  cases  do  so  upon 
the  far  side  of  such  street  crossing. 


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Sec.  10.  The  said  city  reserves  the  right  to  dig  or  excavate  in 
or  upon  any  such  street  in  which  said  railway  shall  be  so  constructed 
for  the  purpose  of  laying,  examining,  repairing  or  replacing  any 
water  or  sewer  pipe  or  other  pipe  or  making  or  shutting  off  any  con- 
nection therewith,  or  for  the  purpose  of  making  any  other  public 
improvement,  or  of  doing  any  other  public  work  of  any  kind  whatso- 
ever; and  the  said  company  shall  not  have  any  recourse  against 
said  city  therefor,  for  damages  or  otherwise,  because  of  any  deten- 
tion or  obstruction  to  the  travel  upon  said  railroad  arising  there- 
from. • 

Sec.  11.  If  the  said  company  shall  fail  to  build  or  construct 
that  part  of  said  road  lying  between  the  point  at  the  corner  of  Mon- 
roe avenue  and  West  Seventh  street  and  the  point  at  the  intersection 
of  Front  street  and  the  southwesterly  line  of  Park  avenue,  with  its 
turnouts  and  switches  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  and  to  put  the  same 
in  complete  operation  for  the  transportation  of  passengers,  within 
six  months  next  after  the  passage  of  this  amended  ordinance,  and 
the  rest  of  said  road  within  nine  months  after  the  passage  of  a reso- 
lution by  the  Common  Council  directing  said  company  to  proceed 
and  complete  the  road  as  aforesaid,  daily  and  every  day  for  the 
space  of  three  consecutive  months,  all  the  rights,  powers,  and  priv- 
ileges, and  every  one  of  them,  of  said  company,  their  successors  or 
assigns,  under  and  by  virtue  of  this  ordinance,  shall  thereupon 
cease  and  be  determined,  and  this  ordinance  shall  become  null  and 
void,  so  far  as  the  grant  of  any  such  right,  power  or  privilege  to 
said  company  is  concerned  and,  in  either  of  such  cases,  the  Com- 
mon Council  expressly  reserve  the  right  to  cause  the  said  railroad, 
or  any  part  or  parts  thereof,  so  constructed,  to  be  removed  from 
said  street  or  streets,  or  any  of  them  and  to  sell  and  dispose  of  the 
materials  thereof  by  public  auction,  and,  after  paying  all  the  ex- 
penses of  such  removal  and  sale  and  of  repairing  the  said  street 
or  streets,  and  of  restoring  the  same  as  nearly  as  possible  to  its  or 
their  original  condition  to  pay  the  balance  of  the  proceeds  of  such 
sale  to  the  said  company,  or  its  successors  or  assigns;  Provided,  that 
no  notice  of  such  sale  shall  be  required  to  be  given,  other  than  an 
advertisement,  signed  by  the  City  Clerk,  and  published  in  one  or 
more  newspapers  printed  and  published  in  said  city. 

Sec.  12.  That  the  cars  shall  be  of  the  pattern  known  as  the 
vestibule  cars.  They  shall  be  lighted  by  electricity  and  properly 
heated  in  Winter,  and  shall  be  similar  in  construction  and  design 
to  the  cars  of  the  Rapid  Transit  Street  Railway  Company  of  the 
City  of  Newark,  N.  J.  The  company  shall  use  upon  its  cars  the  Cli- 
max or  other  noiseless  gearing,  and  shall  have  proper  bells  or  gongs, 
and  shall  be  run  at  a speed  of  not  more  than  twelve  miles  an  hour. 

Sec,  13.  That  the  cars  to  be  used  on  said  railroad  shall  be  pro- 


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pelled  by  electricity  supplied  by  overhead  wires;  that  the  poles 
necessary  for  the  overhead  electric  construction  shall  be  of  steel  or 
iron,  they  shall  be  placed  between  curb  lines  and  sidewalk,  opposite 
each  other,  and  shall  be  located  as  nearly  as  may  be  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  feet  apart.  The  trolley  wire  shall  be  properly 
guarded  so  as  to  prevent  other  wires  coming  in  contact  therewith. 
The  current  used  by  said  company  to  propel  its  cars  shall  not  ex- 
ceed five  hundred  volts. 

Sec.  14.  That  the  fares  charged  for  the  transportation  of  pas- 
sengers over  the  said  railway  within  the  City  of  Plainfield,  shall  be 
as  follows:  Children  under  four  years  of  age,  free;  children  over 
four  and  under  ten  years  of  age  not  occupying  seats  required  by 
other  passengers,  three  cents.  All  others  five  cents.  School  tickets 
shall  be  sold  for  three  cents  to  all  children  actually  attending  school, 
and  to  all  teachers  engaged  in  teaching  school  within  the  City  of 
Plainfield.  That  said  company  shall  maintain  a system  of  transfers 
for  a continuous  ride  within  the  city  limits  for  a single  fare  on  all 
lines  now  or  hereafter  owned  or  operated  by  said  company,  and  also 
to  give  and  receive  like  transfers  to  and  from  all  the  lines  of  other 
street  railways  upon  any  equitable  basis  that  can  be  agreed  upon 
by  said  companies.  And  in  case  of  failure  of  any  two  of  said  com- 
panies to  agree  upon  any  such  equitable  basis  of  transfer,  the  ques- 
tion shall  be  submitted  to  three  arbitrators,  one  to  be  chosen  by  each 
of  the  disagreeing  companies,  a like  number  by  the  Common  Council 
of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  and  a fifth  by  those  so  chosen,  the  decision 
of  a majority  of  such  arbitrators  to-  be  final  and  conclusive  and 
binding  upon  each  of  the  companies. 

Sec.  15.  That  no  license  fee  shall  be  charged  for  the  running 
of  the  cars  of  the  said  company  for  the  period  of  five  years  from  the 
date  of  the  adoption  of  this  ordinance;  that  for  each  and  every  year 
next  following  said  first  term  of  five  years  there  shall  be  paid  to  the 
city  a license  fee  of  twenty  dollars  per  annum  for  every  car  oper- 
ated by  said  company. 

Sec.  16.  That  the  cars  of  the  said  company  shall  be  run  under 
the  following  minimum  headway:  Between  six  A.  M.  and  ten  A.  M., 
fifteen  minutes;  between  ten  A.  M.  and  three  P.  M.,  thirty  min- 
utes; between  three  P.  M.  and  eight  P.  M.,  fifteen  minutes;  between 
eight  P.  M.  and  midnight,  thirty  minutes.  The  said  headway  to  be 
reduced  as  the  service  requires.  Said  company  shall  run  its  cars  in 
both  directions  along  all  portions  of  its  route  so  that  there  shall  be 
an  equal  number  of  trips  each  way  daily. 

Sec.  17.  That  when  any  improvements  or  other  method  of 
furnishing  power  for  the  propulsion  of  cars  by  electricity  shall  have 
been  determined  to  be  a practical  success,  by  a commission  consist- 
ing of  three  electrical  engineers,  one  to  be  selected  by  the  Common 


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Council,  one  by  the  said  company,  and  the  third  by  the  two  so 
chosen,  such  company  shall  within  six  months  after  the  passage  of 
a resolution  by  the  Common  Council  requiring  the  same  to  be  done, 
and  notice  thereof  given  to  said  company  to  adopt  such  improve- 
ments or  take  down  their  overhead  construction,  and  substitute 
therefor  such  new  methods  of  propulsion;  Provided,  such  commis- 
sion may  be  appointed  at  any  time  the  Mayor  and  Common  Council 
may  by  resolution  require,  and  the  said  company  shall  appoint  its 
representative  within  thirty  days  after  the  adoption  of  such  resolu- 
tion, or  forfeit  the  permission  hereby  given;  and  if  such  commission 
shall  report  in  favor  of  the  adoption  of  such  improvements  or  meth- 
od for  propulsion  of  cars  by  electricity  hereby  permitted,  another 
commission  or  commissions  may  be  appointed  as  often  as  the  Com- 
mon Council  may  require  in  the  same  manner  and  subject  to  the 
same  condition. 

Sec.  18.  In  case  such  substitution  is  made,  or  the  said  com- 
pany shall  forfeit  the  permission  hereby  given  by  refusal  to  appoint 
a member  of  the  commission  as  in  the  last  section  provided  for,  the 
Common  Council  may  order  the  poles  and  overhead  construction  of 
the  said  company  taken  down,  and  the  said  company  shall  within 
ninety  days  from  the  service  of  such  order  upon  the  President  or 
any  director  of  said  company  take  down  and  remove  such  poles  and 
overhead  construction,  and  restore  the  pavement  of  the  street  or 
streets  to  its  original  condition  within  that  time.  In  case  the  poles 
and  overhead  construction  are  not  removed  or  the  street  restored 
to  its  original  condition  by  any  company  within  ninety  days  from  the 
service  of  such  order,  the  same  shall  be  done  by  the  Street  Commis- 
sioner, at  the  expense  oT  said  company,  and  the  company  shall  in 
that  «ase  pay  all  expenses  connected  therewith  on  demand,  and  in 
case  the  city  shall  remove  such  poles  and  overhead  construction, 
the  same  shall  thereupon  become  and  be  the  property  of  the  city. 

Sec.  19.  That  said  company  upon  the  final  adoption  of  this 
ordinance  and  before  exercising  any  of  the  rights  and  privileges 
granted  hereby,  shall,  as  a condition  precedent,  file  with  the  City 
Clerk  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  a contract  to  be  executed  by  said 
company  and  duly  approved  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  wherein 
said  company  covenant  and  agree  with  the  inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield  to  abide  by  and  perform  all  the  matters  and  things  in  this 
ordinance  as  the  same  shall  be  amended  by  the  proposed  amendment 
introduced  April  4,  1892,  on  the  part  of  said  company  to  be  observed, 
kept  and  performed;  that  it  will,  at  any  and  all  times  hereafter,  fully 
indemnify  and  protect  the  City  of  Plainfield  of  and  from  any  and  all 
suits,  actions  and  proceedings  that  may  be  brought  and  maintained, 
or  sought  to  be  brought  and  maintained,  by  any  person  or  corpor- 
ation for,  on  account  of  or  by  reason  of,  the  adoption  or  mainten- 


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ance  by  said  company,  its  successors  or  assigns  of  said  electric  sys- 
tem aforesaid,  or  the  construction  or  maintenance  of  said  electric 
system,  or  any  thing  connected  therewith,  or  any  act  of  omission 
or  commission  by  said  company,  its  successors  or  assigns  or  any  of 
its  agents  or  servants,  at  any  time  or  times,  and  shall  whenever  re- 
quested by  said  city,  fully  defend  any  and  every  such  action,  suit  or 
proceeding. 

Sec.  20.  That  said  company  shall  also  at  the  same  time  herein 
above  specified  for  filing  said  contract,  file  a bond  to  the  city  in  the 
sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  to  be  approved  as  to  form  by  the 
Common  Council  and  Corporation  Counsel  of  said  city,  conditioned 
for  the  full  and  faithful  keeping,  observance  and  performance  of  the 
terms  and  conditions  in  this  ordinance  “as  the  same  shall  be  amend- 
ed by  the  proposed  amendment  introduced  April  4,  1892,”  contain- 
ed, on  part  of  said  company  to  be  kept,  observed  or  performed.  And 
in  case  the  conditions  or  terms  upon  which  said  company  is  granted 
permission  to  locate  its  tracks  and  maintain  and  operate  its  road  or 
any  of  the  terms  or  conditions  of  the  said  contract  are  violated;  the 
city  reserves  the  right  to  revoke  the  permission  herein  granted,  to 
remove  the  tracks  of  the  said  company  and  all  the  constructions 
made  in  the  streets  of  the  city  by  the  said  company,  its  successors  or 
assigns. 

(Amendment  of  May  4,  1892.) 

That  in  case  it  shall  be  hereafter  judicially  determined  that 
the  provisions  of  the  ordinance  to  which  this  is  an  amendment  or  the 
provisions  of  said  ordinance  as  amended  hereby,  which  authorize 
the  erection  of  poles  in  the  streets  of  the  city  are  invalid,  the  inten- 
tion of  the  Common  Council  and  of  the  said  Plainfield  Street  Rail- 
way Company  is  that  the  rest  of  the  ordinance  shall  remain  in  force 
subject  to  the  option  of  the  Common  Council  to  repeal  the  same  in 
case  said  company  fail  within  six  months  after  notice  to  agree  with 
the  Common  Council  upon  some  other  method  of  propulsion  for 
their  street  cars. 

Approved  April  27,  1891. 


An  Ordinance  Authorizing  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company 
to  Extend  the  Location  of  Its  Tracks. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  to  extend  the  location  of  its  tracks  as  follows: 
From  the  southwest  side  line  of  Park  avenue  on  West  Front  street, 
through  East  Front  street  to  Peace  street,  thence  through  Peace 


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street  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  side  line  of  North 
avenue,  the  track  to  be  a single  track  to  be  laid  in  the  centre  of  said 
streets  (with  the  necessary  switches  and  turnouts  on  Peace  street  at 
the  end  of  the  route),  under  the  same  restrictions  as  are  applicable 
with  respect  to  the  route  heretofore  located  by  ordinance,  Provided, 
that  said  company,  upon  the  final  adoption  of  this  ordinance,  and 
before  exercising  any  of  the  rights  or  privileges  granted  hereby, 
shall,  as  a condition  precedent,  execute  and  file  with  the  City  Clerk 
a contract  and  a bond  to  be  duly  approved  by  the  Corporation  Coun- 
sel, which  contract  and  bond  shall  be  of  like  tenor  and  effect  as 
specified  in  sections  numbered  19  and  20  in  the  original  ordinance 
locating  the  tracks  of  said  company,  except  that  said  contract  and 
bond  shall  apply  and  relate  to  the  extension  hereby  granted. 

Approved  October  4,  1892, 


An  Ordinance  Locating  the  Tracks  of  the  Extension  of  the  Plainfield 
Street  Railway  Company,  and  Regulating  the  Construction  and 
Operation  of  the  Same,  and  also  Concerning  the  Compensation 
to  be  Paid  by  said  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company  to  the 
City  of  Plainfield. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  tracks  of  the  extension  of  the  Plainfield 
Street  Railway  Company’s  railway  be  and  are  hereby  located  in  the 
following  streets,  roads  and  alleys  of  the  City  of  Plainfield: 

Route  1.  From  the  present  terminus  of  the  road  in  Watchung 
avenue  through  Watchung  avenue  to  East  Fifth  street,  through  East 
Fifth  street  to  Richmond  street,  through  Richmond  street  to  Put- 
nam avenue,  and  through  Putnam  avenue  to  Woodland  avenue, 
through  Woodland  avenue  to  South  avenue,  through  South  avenue 
to  the  station  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey,  at  Netherwood. 
Also  from  Watchung  avenue,  through  Fourth  street  to  Grant  ave- 
nue. 

Route  2.  From  the  present  terminus  of  the  road  in  Front 
street  at  Grant  avenue  to  the  city  line  at  Dunellen. 

And  in  those  portions  of  said  streets,  roads  and  alleys  marked 
out  and  shown  on  map  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  said  city 
entitled  “Map  showing  location  of  tracks,  turn-outs  and  poles  for 
proposed  extension  of  Plainfield  Street  Railway,  No.  2,  and  signed 
by  John  T.  Fritts,  Vice-President,  dated  September,  1895,”  to  which 
reference  is  made  and  the  same  hereby  made  a part  of  this  ordi- 
nance; and  the  said  company  is  hereby  given  the  right  to  construct, 
maintain  and  operate  its  extension  to  its  street  railway  in  said  por- 


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tions  of  said  streets,  roads  and  alleys  under  and  subject  to  certain 
restrictions  and  regulations  hereinafter  specified  or  referred  to;  the 
same  being  usch  restrictions  and  regulations  as  the  Common  Coun- 
cil hereby  deem  requisite  for  the  public  interests,  as  well  as  subject 
to  such  further  reasonable  regulations  as  may  be  hereafter  enacted 
by  said  Common  Council.  A detailed  plan  of  construction  shall  be 
filed  with  the  City  Clerk  by  said  company,  and  be  approved  by  said 
Common  Council  before  any  work  is  done  under  the  permission 
herein  granted. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  said  company  shall  construct,  maintain  and 
operate  a single  track  railway  for  said  extension,  to  be  laid  upon 
the  middle  line  of  the  street,  except  on  Watchung  avenue;  between 
North  avenue  and  East  Fourth  street,  and  shall  construct  the  tracks, 
switches,  turnouts  and  poles  in  the  manner  and  at  the  points  and 
places  indicated  for  the  same  on  said  map.  The  poles  shall  be  con- 
structed and  set  and  the  wires  strung  thereon  in  the  same  manner 
as  the  poles  are  constructed  and  set  in  the  ground,  and  wires  strung 
on  poles  on  the  line  of  street  railways  now  operated  in  the  City  of 
Plainfield  by  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company. 

Sec.  3.  That  said  company  shall  keep  in  repair  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  the  Committee  on  Streets,  the  paving  or  other  surface  mater- 
ials of  the  portion  of  streets^  roads  and  bridges  occupied  by  it§^ 
tracks,  and  in  addition  shall  so  keep  in  repair  eighteen  inches  on 
each  side  of  the  portion  of  said  streets,  roads  and  bridges  occupied 
by  its  tracks.  In  case  of  double  tracks,  or  switches  or  turnouts, 
the  expression  “occupied  by  its  tracks”  shall  be  construed  to  mean 
all  space  in  the  street  between  the  outermost  rails.  In  case  the  city 
shall  at  any  time  determine  to  pave  or  repave  any  street  or  section  of 
a street,  the  said  company  shall  forthwith  repave  any  portion  of  said 
street  or  section  of  street  which  may  be  occupied  by  the  company’s 
tracks  and  for  eighteen  inches  beyond,  with  same  material  and  in 
same  manner,  and  shall  do  so  at  the  company’s  expense  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Street  Commisioner.  If  said  company  shall  at  any 
time  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  requirements  of  this  section, 
the  work  or  repairs  hereinabove  specified  may  be  done  or  made  by 
or  under  the  direction  of  said  Committee  on  Streets,  and  to  their 
satisfaction,  and  the  expense  thereof  shall  on  demand  be  paid  by 
said  company  to  said  city;  Provided  that  the  said  Committee  on 
Streets  or  a majority  of  them  shall  give  at  least  ten  days’  notice  in 
writing  of  the  intention  to  do  such  work  or  make  such  repair,  said 
notice  to  be  served  upon  any  officer  or  employee  of  said  company 
who  may  be  found  at  their  office  or  depot. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  company  and  its  officers,  servants,  agents  or 
employees  shall  not,  nor  shall  any  or  either  of  them  be  allowed  to 
shovel,  throw  or  place  any  snow,  ice  or  slush  alongside  the  said 


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track  or  tracks,  in  any  street  or  streets,  in  such  manner  as  to  ob- 
struct other  public  travel  therein;  but,  when  moving  said  snow^  ice 
or  slush  from  said  track  or  tracks,  the  said  company  or  its  officers, 
servants,  agents  or  employees  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  immedi- 
ately levelled  between  said  track  or  tracks  and  the  gutter  lines  on 
each  side  thereof  unless  the  fall  of  snow  shall  have  been  too  heavy  to 
make  it  practicable  to  level  the  same  as  aforesaid;  in  which  latter 
case  the  said  company  shall  pay  its  pro  rata  of  the  expense  of  the 
removal  of  said  snow.  Upon  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section,  there  shall  be  incurred  a penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  every 
city  block  on  which  such  violations  shall  take  place,  but  said  penalty 
shall  not  aggregate  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  in  any  one’  day; 
said  penalties  to  be  paid  to  the  city  by  the  said  company  or  by  any 
of  its  said  officers,  agents  or  employees  so  offending  for  each  and 
every  offence. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  rights  and  privileges  intended  to  be  given  by 
this  ordinance  to  said  company  are  subject  to  all  limitations,  provis- 
ions, terms  and  conditions  set  forth  and  contained  in  sections  5,  6, 
7,  8,  9,  10,  13,  14,  16,  17  and  18  of  the  ordinance  of  the  city,  en- 
titled, “An  ordinance  locating  the  tracks  of  the  Plainfield  Street 
Railway  Company  and  regulating  the  construction  and  operation  of 
the  same  and  granting  permission  to  said  company  to  use  electric 
motors  as  the  propelling  power  of  its  cars,”  approved  April  2 7,  1891, 
to  the  same  extent  and  with  the  same  effect  as  if  said  sections  were 
re-enacted  in  full  as  a part  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  gauge  of  the  tracks  of  said  company  to  be 
hereafter  laid  shall  be  four  feet  eight  and  one-half  inches,  and  the 
other  tracks  of  said  company  already  laid  may  be  made  of  the  same 
gauge.  That  all  the  cars  of  the  said  company  shall  be  similar  to 
those  now  in  use  by  it  or  such  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Common 
Council  of  said  city.  They  shall  be  lighted  by  electricity,  and  prop- 
erly heated  in  Winter.  Said  company  shall  use  upon  its  cars  the 
Climax  or  other  noiseless  gearing  and  equip  said  cars  with  proper 
bells  or  gongs,  and  said  cars  shall  be  run  at  a speed  of  not  more 
than  ten  miles  an  hour.  ISp  salt  shall  be  used  by  said  company  on 
any  part  of  its  tracks.  For  violation  of  any  of  the  conditions  of  this 
section  there  shall  be  incurred  a penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  of- 
fence and  ten  dollars  additional  for  every  day  that  such  violation 
shall  continue,  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  on  any  ©ne  con- 
viction. 

Sec.  7.  That  said  company  shall  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
March,  1896,  equip  each  street  railway  car  by  it  operated  or  run 
within  the  City  of  Plainfield,  with  fenders  of  the  most  approved 
pattern,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  of  the  city,  and  so  attached 
to  the  car  as  best  to  protect  from  injury  persons  or  vehicles  using 


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the  streets  or  riding  on  the  said  cars;  that  after  said  last  mentioned 
date  no  street  railway  car,  the  motive  power  of  which  is  electricity, 
shall  be  operated  or  run  upon  any  of  the  streets  of  said  city,  unless 
such  car  is  equipped  with  fenders  as  above  required,  and  in  case  any 
such  car  is  operated  or  run  contrary  hereto  the  said  company  and 
every  person  or  persons  who  shall  either  as  president,  manager,  con- 
ductor, motorman  or  otherwise  be  engaged  in  so  operating  or  run- 
ning any  such  car  shall  be  deemed  to  have  violated  this  section, 
and  on  conviction  shall  forfeit  and  pay  fifty  dollars  for  each  day 
during  which  such  violation  shall  continue,  not  exceeding  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  any  one  conviction. 

Sec.  8.  The  said  company  shall  build -or  construct  its  exten- 
sions in  the  order  specified  in  Sec.  1,  and  if  the  said  company  shall 
fail  to  build  or  construct  the  lines  mentioned  in  route  1 of  this  ordi- 
nance with  turnouts  and  switches  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  and  put 
the  same  into  complete  operation  for  the  transportation  of  passen- 
gers within  nine  months  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  if 
the  said  company  shall  fail  to  build  or  construct  the  lines  mentioned 
in  route  2 of  this  ordinance  with  turnouts  and  switches  in  the  man- 
ner aforesaid,  and  put  the  same  into  complete  operation  for  the 
transportation  of  passengers  within  twelve  months  after  the  pas- 
sage of  this  ordinance;  or  shall  afterwards  fail  or  neglect  to  operate 
the  same  as  aforesaid,  all  the  rights,  powers  and  privileges  and 
every  one  of  them  of  said  company,  their  successors  or  assigns,  un- 
der and  by  virtue  of  this  supplemental  ordinance,  shall  thereupon 
cease  and  determine,  and  this  ordinance  shall  be  null  and  void  so  far 
as  the  grant  of  any  such  right,  power  and  privilege  to  said  company 
is  concerned,  and  in  either  of  such  cases  the  Common  Council  ex- 
pressly reserves  the  right  to  cause  the  said  railroad  or  any  part  or 
parts  thereof,  so  constructed,  to  be  removed  from  said  street  or 
streets,  or  any  of  them,  and  to  sell  and  dispose  of  the  materials 
thereof  by  public  auction,  and  after  paying  all  the  expenses  of  such 
removal  and  sale  and  of  repairing  the  said  street  or  streets,  and  of 
restoring  the  same  as  nearly  as  possible  to  its  or  their  original  con- 
dition, to  pay  the  balance  of  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  to  the  said 
company,  or  its  successors  or  assigns.  Provided,  that  no  notice  of 
such  sale  shall  be  required  to  be  given,  other  than  advertisement, 
signed  by  the  City  Clerk,  and  published  in  any  one  or  more  news- 
papers printed  and  published  in  said  city.  The  time  during  which 
the  said  company  shall  be  delayed  in  the  prosecution  of  its  work 
or  in  the  operation  of  its  road  or  in  any  section  thereof  by  injunction 
or  other  legal  proceedings  in  the  courts  of  New  Jersey,  or  the  fed- 
eral courts  in  New  Jersey,  shall  not  be  included  within  the  nine 
and  twelve  months  within  which  the  said  extensions  are  to  be  con- 
structed and  put  into  complete  operation. 


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Sec.  9.  The  said  company  shall  for  each  and  every  mile  of 
street  occupied  by  its  tracks  laid  already  or  that  shall  hereafter  be 
laid  by  said  company,  whether  under  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance 
hereinabove  referred  to,  approved  April  27,  1891,  or  the  amendment 
thereof  approved  May  4,  1892,  or  under  the  ordinance  entitled,  “An 
Ordinance  authorizing  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company  to 
extend  the  location  of  its  tracks,”  approved  October  4,  1892,  or  un- 
der this  ordinance,  or  under  any  other  ordinance  and  also  for  every 
mile  of  street  occupied  by  tracks  that  may  be  owned  or  operated 
or  that  may  be  hereafter  owned  or  operated  by  said  company  within 
the  limits  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  the 
collector  of  taxes  of  said  city  for  the  use  of  the  said  city,  the  follow- 
ing sums,  to  wit:  For  the  year  beginning  January  1,  1896,  fifty 
dollars  a mile;  for  the  year  beginning  January  1,  1897,  seventy-five 
dollars  a mile;  for  the  year  beginning  January  1,  1898,  seventy-five 
dollars  a mile;  for  the  year  beginning  January  1,  1899,  one  hun- 
dred dollars  a mile;  for  the  year  beginning  January  1,  1900,  one 
hundred  dollars  a mile;  for  the  year  beginning  January  1,  1901, 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  a mile,  for  each  and  every  mile 
of  track;  said  payments  to  be  made  each  and  every  year  on  or  be- 
fore the  last  day  of  each  year.  For  the  years  succeeding  that  begin- 
ning 1901  the  said  company  shall  pay  at  the  same  rate  as  for  the 
year  1901,  provided  that  when  the  gross  receipts  in  any  one  year 
from  the  entire  system  within  the  City  of  Plainfield  and  the  Borough 
of  North  Plainfield  shall  equal  or  exceed  eighty  thousand  dollars,, 
then  for  that  year  and  annually  thereafter,  the  said  company  shall 
pay  annually  to  said  City  Collector  for  the  use  of  said  city  five  per 
cent,  of  the  gross  earnings  of  said  company,  and  said  gross  earnings 
shall  be  construed  to  include  all  earnings  of  said  company  and  full 
proportion  on  all  earnings  on  through  traffic  to  be  calculated  ac- 
cording to  the  proportion  between  the  entire  length  of  the  journey 
and  the  number  of  miles  traveled  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield  or  the  Borough  of  North  Plainfield  or  both  as  the  case 
may  be.  That  to  enable  the  city  to  ascertain  from  time  to  time 
the  amount  of  gross  earnings  of  said  company  the  books  of  the 
company  shall  be  open  to  inspection  by  the  Finance  Committee  of  the 
Common  Council  or  such  other  person  or  persons  as  the  Common 
Council  for  that  purpose  shall  designate.  The  payment  provided 
for  in  this  section  shall  be  in  lieu  of  all  license  fees  for  cars, 
whether  provided  for  in  prior  ordinances  or  not. 

Sec.  10.  That  the  tracks  and  cars  of  said  company  shall  be 
used  for  the  carrying  of  passengers  only;  that  no  freight  shall  be 
carried  by  said  company  or  over  its  tracks,  and  that  no  luggage 
other  than  hand  luggage  actually  carried  by  passengers  shall  be 
carried  or  allowed  upon  the  cars  of  said  company  or  any  other  cars 


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passing  over  said  tracks.  Nothing  herein  contained,  however,  shall 
prevent  the  company  from  carrying  the  U.  S.  mail.  That  cars 
shall  not  be  run  in  trains  of  more  than  two  cars  over  any  of  the 
tracks  of  said  company,  and  that  all  cars  shall  stop  upon  being  sig- 
naled by  any  foot  passenger  at  any  street  corner  past  which  said 
tracks  are  or  shall  be  laid,  and  passengers  shall  be  freely  allowed  to 
board  said  cars  or  alight  therefrom  at  any  street  corners,  and  said 
company  shall  cause  the  cars  to  come  to  a full  stop  and  sound  the 
gong  or  bell  immediately  before  turning  any  curve  on  road  now  con- 
structed or  to  be  constructed.  Any  violation  of  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  section  by  said  company  or  any  of  its  employees  shall 
be  subject  to  a penalty  of  twenty  dollars  fine  for  each  and  every 
offence. 

Sec.  11.  That  in  case  the  said  company  shall  lease  its  tracks,  or 
any  section  of  the  same,  or  sell,  or  assign  its  franchises,  or  attempt 
so  to  do,  said  company  shall  cause  to  be  inserted  in  any  such  lease, 
deed,  bill  of  sale,  assignment  or  other  transfer,  a stipulation  and 
agreement  and  condition  that  the  same  is  made  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  and  that  the  lessee,  vendee,  assignee  or 
other  person  to  whom  such  lease,  conveyance,  assignment  or  trans- 
fer may  be  made  or  attempted  to  be  made  in  accepting  the  same 
agrees  to  be  bound  thereby  and  to  conform  thereto,  and  will  in  turn 
insert  a clause  similar  to  that  required  by  this  section  in  case  of 
any  lease,  conveyance,  assignment  or  transfer  thereof  to  be  made, 
so  that  no  persons  or  corporations  shall  acquire  any  rights  in  the 
premises  except  subject  to  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  herein 
provided. 

Sec.  12.  That  said  company  upon  the  final  adoption  of  this 
ordinance  and  before  exercising  any  of  the  rights  and  privileges 
granted  hereby,  shall  as  a condition  precedent  file  with  the  City 
Clerk  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  a contract  to  be  executed  by  said 
company  and  duly  approved  by  the  corporation  counsel,  wherein 
said  company  covenant  and  agree  with  the  inhabitants  of  the  City 
of  Plainfield,  to  abide  by  and  perform  all  the  matters  and  things 
herein,  on  the  part  of  said  company  required  to  be  observed,  kept 
and  performed;  that  it  will,  at  any  and  all  times  hereafter,  fully  in- 
demnify and  protect  the  City  of  Plainfield  of  and  from  any  and  all 
suits,  actions  and  proceedings  that  may  be  brought  and  maintained, 
or  sought  to  be  brought  and  maintained,  by  any  person  or  corpora- 
tion for,  on  account  of  or  by  reason  of,  the  adoption  or  maintenance 
by  said  company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  of  said  electric  system 
aforesaid,  or  the  construction  or  maintenance  of  said  electric  system 
or  any  thing  connected  therewith,  or  any  act  of  omission  or  com- 
mission by  said  company,  its  successors  or  assigns  or  any  of  its 
agents  or  servants,  at  any  time  or  times,  and  shall  whenever  re- 


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quested  by  said  city,  fully  defend  any  and  every  such  action,  suit  or 
] proceeding. 

Sec  13.  That  said  company  shall  also  at  the  same  herein  above 
specified  for  filing  said  contract,  file  a bond  to  the  city  in  the  sum  of 
twenty  thousand  dollars  to  be  approved  as  to  form  by  the  Common 
Council  and  Corporation  Counsel  of  said  city,  conditioned  for  the 
full  and  faithful  keeping,  observance  and  performance  of  the  terms 
and  conditions  in  this  ordinance  contained,  on  the  part  of  this  com- 
pany to  be  kept,  observed  and  performed.  And  in  case  the  condi- 
tions or  terms  upon  which  said  company  is  granted  permission  to  lo- 
cate its  track  and  maintain  and  operate  its  road  or  any  of  the  terms 
or  conditions  of  said  contract  are  violated,  the  city  reserves  the  right 
to  revoke  the  permission  herein  granted,  to  remove  the  tracks  of 
the  said  company  and  all  the  constructions  made  in  the  streets  of  the 
city  by  said  company,  its  successors  or  assigns. 

Sec.  14.  The  company  shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk,  within 
thirty  days  next  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  their  accept- 
ance, under  their  corporate  seal  and  signed  by  their  president,  of 
the  terms  and  provisions,  restrictions  and  regulations  hereof,  and 
everyone  of  them,  and,  in  default  thereof,  it  shall  be  understood  and 
held  that  they  decline  to  accept  the  same,  and  thereupon  all  rights, 
powers  and  privileges,  to  them  granted  thereby,  shall  forever  cease 
and  be  at  an  end,  in  the  same  manner  and  with  the  same  effect  as  if 
this  ordinance  had  never  been  passed. 

Approved  January  3rd,  1896. 


An  Ordinance  Locating  the  Tracks  of  the  Extension  of  the  Plainfield 
Street  Railway  Company  in  Richmond  Street  and  East  Second 
Street,  and  over  a Private  Right  of  Way  to  the  Line  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield  in  Terrill  Road,  and  Authorizing  and  Empow- 
ering the  Construction  and  Operation  and  Maintenance  of  the 
same  and  Granting  Permission  for  Said  Company  to  Use  Elec- 
tricity as  the  Propelling  Power  of  its  Cars  and  Prescribing  the 
Terms  and  Conditions  Upon  Which  the  Said  Location  of  the 
Tracks  and  Permission  are  Granted. 

Whereas,  The  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company,  a street  rail- 
way corporation  organized  under  the  provisions  of  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  and  operating  a street  railway  in  the  City  of 
' Plainfield,  did  present  their  petition  or  application  to  the  Mayor  and 
Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  New  Jersey,  praying  the 
said  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  for  their 
consent  to  the  construction,  operation  and  maintenance  of  an  ex- 
tension of  its  street  railway  in  the  City  of  Plainfield,  from  a point  in 


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its  present  line  of  tracks  in  East  Fifth  street  opposite  to  Richmond 
street;  thence  westerly  through  Richmond  street  to  East  Second 
street;  thence  northerly  through  East  Second  street  to  the  present 
terminus  of  East  Second  street  between  Netherwood  avenue  and 
Leland  avenue;  thence  along  a right  of  way  through  private  property 
to  the  line  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  in  Terrill  road,  and, 

Whereas,  Public  notice  has  been  duly  given  of  such  applica- 
tion and  of  the  intention  of  the  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield, 
to  consider  the  same  by  publication  and  also  by  posting  a copy  of 
the  said  notice  in  five  or  more  of  the  most  public  places  in  the  said 
City  of  Plainfield,  at  least  fourteen  days  prior  to  the  date  fixed  for 
the  meeting  of  the  said  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  to  consider 
said  application;  and. 

Whereas,  Upon  the  day  fixed  by  said  notice  for  said  hearing 
and  upon  the  days  to  which  the  said  hearing  was  regularly  ad- 
journed, public  hearing  was  given  to  all  persons  desiring  to  be  heard, 
in  favor  of  or  opposed  to  or  in  anywise  interested  in  the  said  ap- 
plication for  the  location  of  the  said  tracks  of  the  said  street  railway 
company  and  the  said  matter  having  been  duly  considered  by  the 
Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  and  the  said  Council  having  deter- 
mined to  grant  permission  for  the  construction,  maintenance  and 
operation  of  such  street  railway  upon  the  streets,  highways  or  pub- 
lic places  designated  in  such  petition,  and  the  said  company  having 
filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  the  consent  in  writing 
of  the  owners,  or  their  duly  authorized  legal  representatives,  of  at 
least  one-half  in  amount  of  the  lineal  feet  of  property  on  said  Rich- 
mond street  from  East  Fifth  street  to  East  Second  street  and  on 
East  Second  street,  from  Richmond  street  to  the  present  terminus 
of  East  Second  street  between  Netherwood  avenue  and  Leland  ave- 
nue, and  thence  along  a right  of  way  through  private  property  to 
the  line  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  in  Terrill  road. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  tracks  of  the  extension  of  the  Plainfield 
Street  Railway  Company’s  Railway  be  and  are  hereby  located  in 
the  following  streets,  roads  and  alleys  of  the  City  of  Plainfield: 
Prom  a point  in  the  present  ilne  of  tracks  of  the  Plainfield  Street 
Railway  Company  in  East  Fifth  street,  opposite  to  Richmond  street; 
thence  westerly  through  Richmond  street  to  East  Second  street; 
thence  northerly  through  East  Second  street  to  the  present  ter- 
minus of  said  East  Second  street,  between  Netherwood  avenue  and 
Leland  avenue;  thence  along  a right  of  way  through  private  property 
northeasterly  on  a curve  having  a radius  of  four  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-one feet  and  eight-tenths  of  a foot,  two  hundred  and  one  feet 
and  seventy-four  hundredths  of  a foot;  thence  north  twenty-one 


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degrees  and  five  minutes  east  two  hundred  and  eigthy-three  feet  and 
twenty-three  hundredths  of  a foot;  thence  easterly  on  a curve  with 
a radius  of  one  thousand  and  eleven  feet  and  five-tenths  of  a foot, 
four  hundred  and  five  feet  and  fifteen  hundredths  of  a foot;  thence 
north  forty-four  degrees  two  minutes  east,  two  thousand  three 
hundred  and  four  feet  and  twenty  hundredths  of  a foot  to  the  line 
of  the  City  of  Plainfield  in  Terrill  road,  and  in  those  portions  of  said 
streets,  roads  and  alleys  marked  out  and  shown  on  map  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  said  city,  entitled  “Map  showing  location 
of  tracks,  turnouts  and  poles  for  proposed  extension  of  Plainfield 
Street  Railway,  No.  3”  and  signed  by  Thomas  A.  Nevius,  President, 
dated  August,  1898,  to  which  reference  is  made  and  the  same  here- 
by made  a part  of  this  ordinance,  and  the  said  company  is  hereby 
given  the  right  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  its  extension  to 
its  street  railway  in  said  portions  of  said  streets,  roads  and  alleys, 
under  and  subject  to  certain  restrictions  and  regulations  hereinafter 
specified  or  referred  to,  the  same  being  such  restrictions  and  regu- 
lations as  the  Common  Council  hereby  deem  requisite  for  the  public 
interests  as  well  as  subject  to  such  further  reasonable  regulations 
as  may  be  hereinafter  enacted  by  said  Council.  All  rights  and  priv- 
ileges under  this  ordinance  conferred  upon  said  company  shall  cease 
and  expire  on  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.,  1998,  and  thereupon 
on  demand,  said  company  will  forthwith  remove  all  of  its  said  tracks 
from  the  streets,  lanes  and  alleys  of  said  city.  A detailed  plan  of 
construction  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Clerk  by  said  company  and 
be  approved  by  said  Common  Council  before  any  work  is  done  un- 
der the  permission  herein  granted.  This  ordinance  is  furthermore 
passed  upon  the  express  condition  that  if  at  any  time  hereafter  the 
said  city  or  its  Common  Council  shall  locate  the  tracks  of  any  other 
street  railway  company  or  grant  consent  to  the  location  of  the 
tracks  of  any  other  street  railway  company  over  that  portion  of 
Richmond  street  lying  between  the  southerly  line  of  North  avenue 
and  the  northerly  line  of  East  Third  street,  such  other  street  rail- 
way company  shall  have  the  right  to  use  the  tracks  and  poles  of 
said  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company  that  may  be  laid  or  erected 
on  said  portion  of  Richmond  street  in  common  with  said  Plainfield 
Street  Railway  Company  upon  terms  to  be  agreed  upon  between 
such  other  company  and  said  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company, 
or  in  case  said  two  companies  shall  fail  for  the  space  of  thirty 
days  next  after  demand  made  upon  them  by  such  other  company 
to  agree  upon  the  terms,  then  upon  terms  to  be  established  and 
determined  by  the  Common  Council  of  said  City  of  Plainfield. 

Sec.  2.  That  said  company  shall  construct,  maintain  and  op- 
erate a single  track  railway  for  said  extension,  to  be  laid  upon  the 
middle  line  of  Richmond  street  and  East  Second  street  to  the  pres- 


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ent  terminus  of  East  Second  street;  thence  along  a right  of  way, 
through  private  property,  to  the  line  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  in 
Terrill  road;  it  shall  construct,  operate  and  maintain  a double  track 
street  railway,  and  shall  construct  the  tracks,  switches,  turnouts 
and  poles  in  the  manner  and  at  the  point  and  places  indicated  for 
the  same  on  said  map;  the  poles  shall  be  constructed  and  set  and 
the  wires  strung  rthereon  in  the  same  manner  as  the  poles  are  con- 
structed and  set  in  the  ground  and  wires  strung  on  poles  on  the 
line  of  street  railway  now  operated  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  by  the 
said  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company. 

Sec.  3.  That  said  company  shall  keep  in  repair  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  Committee  on  Streets  the  paving  or  other  surface  ma- 
terial of  the  portion  of  streets,  roads  and  bridges  occupied  by  its 
tracks  and  in  addition  shall  so  keep  in  repair  eighteen  inches  on 
each  side  of  the  portion  of  said  streets,  roads  and  bridges  occupied 
by  its  tracks.  In  case  of  double  track  or  switches  or  turnouts, 
the  expression  “occupied  by  its  tracks,”  shall  be  construed  to  mean 
all  space  in  the  street  between  the  outermost  rails.  In  case  the  city 
shall  at  any  time  determine  to  pave  or  repave  any  street  or  section 
of  street,  the  said  company  shall  forthwith  repave  any  portion  of 
said  street  or  section  of  street  which  may  be  occupied  by  the  com- 
pany’s track  and  for  eighteen  inches  beyond,  with  same  material 
and  in  same  manner,  and  shall  do  so  at  the  company’s  expense  un- 
der the  supervision  of  the  Street  Commissioner.  If  said  company  shall 
at  any  time  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the  requirements  of  this 
section,  the  work  or  repairs  hereinabove  specified  may  be  done  or 
made  by  or  under  the  direction  of  the  said  Committee  on  Streets, 
and  to  their  satisfaction,  and  the  expense  thereof  shall  on  demand 
be  paid  by  said  company  to  said  city;  provided,  that  the  said  Com- 
mittee on  Streets  or  a majority  of  them  shall  give  at  least  ten  days’ 
notice  in  writing  of  the  intention  to  do  such  work  or  make  such 
repairs,  said  notice  to  be  served  upon  any  officer  or  employee  of 
said  company  who  may  be  found  at  their  office  or  depot. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  company  and  its  officers,  servants,  agents  or 
employees  shall  not  nor  shall  any  or  either  of  them  be  allowed  to 
shovel,  throw  or  place  any  snow,  ice  or  slush  along  the  side  of  said 
track  or  tracks  in  any  street  or  streets  in  such  a manner  as  to  ob- 
struct other  public  travel  therein;  but,  w'hen  moving  said  snow,  ice 
or  slush  from  said  track  or  tracks  the  said  Company  or  its  officers, 
servants,  agents  or  employees  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  immedi- 
ately leveled  between  the  said  track  or  tracks  and  the  gutter  line 
on  each  side  thereof  unless  the  fall  of  snow  shall  have  been  too 
heavy  to  make  it  practicable  to  level  the  same  aforesaid;  in  which 
latter  case  the  said  company  shall  promptly  remove  all  such  excess 
of  snow.  Upon  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section. 


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there  shall  be  incurred  a penalty  of  Ten  Dollars  for  every  city  block 
in  which  any  such  violation  shall  take  place,  but  said  penalty  shall 
not  aggregate  more  than  One  Hundred  Dollars  in  any  one  day  or  on 
any  one  conviction;  said  penalty  to  be  paid  to  the  city  by  the  said 
company  or  by  any  of  its  said  officers,  agents  or  employees  so  offend- 
ing for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  rights  and  privileges  intended  to  be  given  by 
this  ordinance  to  said  company  are  subject  to  all  limitations,  pro- 
visions, terms  and  conditions  set  forth  and  contained  in  sections 
5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  13,  14,  16,  17  and  18  of  the  ordinance  of  the  city 
entitled  “An  ordinance  locating  the  tracks  of  the  Plainfield  Street 
Railway  Company  and  regulating  the  construction  and  operation 
of  the  same  and  granting  permission  to  said  company  to  use  elec- 
tric motors  as  the  propelling  power  of  its  cars,”  approved  April 
twenty-seventh,  1891,  to  the  same  extent  and  with  the  same  effect 
as  iJ  said  sections  were  re-enacted  in  full  as  part  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  gauge  of  the  tracks  to  be  laid  hereunder 
shall  be  four  feet  eight,  eight  and  one-half  inches.  That  all  the 
cars  of  the  said  company  shall  be  similar  to  those  now  in  use  by  it 
or  such  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Common  Council  of  said  city. 
They  shall  be  lighted  by  electricity  and  properly  heated  in  winter. 
Said  company  shall  use  upon  its  cars  the  Climax  or  other  noiseless 
gearing  and  equip  said  cars  with  proper  bells  or  gongs,  and  said 
cars  shall  be  run  at  a speed  of  not  more  than  ten  miles  an  hour. 
No  salt  shall  be  used  by  said  company  on  any  part  of  its  tracks. 
For  violation  of  any  of  the  conditions  of  this  section  there  shall  be 
incurred  a penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  each  offence  and  ten  dollars  ad- 
ditional for  every  day  that  such  violation  shall  continue,  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars  on  any  one  conviction. 

Sec.  7.  The  cars  to  be  operated  or  run  upon  the  extension  of 
the  railway  of  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company  hereby  author- 
ized to  be  constructed  shall  be  equipped  with  fenders  of  the  pat- 
tern approved  by  the  Mayor  of  the  city,  and  so  attached  to  the  cars 
as  best  to  protect  persons  and  vehicles  using  the  street  and  persons 
riding  on  the  cars  from  injury. 

Sec.  8.  The  said  company  shall  build  or  construct  the  exten- 
sion hereby  authorized  with  turnouts  and  switches  in  the  manner 
aforesaid  and  put  the  same  into  complete  operation  for  the  trans- 
portation of  passengers  on  or  before  July  1st,  A.  D.,  1899,  and  up- 
on failure  so  to  do  or  upon  failure  or  neglect  to  operate  the  same 
as  aforesaid  all  the  rights,  powers  and  privileges  and  every  one  of 
them  of  the  said  company,  their  successors  and  assigns,  under  and 
by  virtue  of  this  supplemental  ordinance  shall  thereupon  cease  and 
determine  and  this  ordinance  shall  be  null  and  void  so  far  as  the 
grant  of  any  such  rights,  power  and  privilege  to  said  company  is 


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concerned,  and  in  either  of  such  cases  the  Common  Council  ex- 
pressly reserve  the  right  to  cause  the  said  railroad  or  any  port  or 
parts  thereof,  so  constructed,  to  be  removed  from  said  street  or 
streets  or  any  of  them  and  to  sell  and  dispose  of  the  material  thereof 
by  public  auction,  and,  after  paying  all  the  expenses  of  such  removal 
and  sale  and  of  repairing  the  said  street  or  streets  and  of  restor- 
ing the  same,  as  nearly  as  possible  to  its  or  their  original  condition, 
to  pay  the  balance  of  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  to  the  said  company 
or  its  successors  or  assigns,  provided,  that  no  notice  of  such  sale  shall 
be  required  to  be  given,  other  than  an  advertisement  signed  by  the 
City  Clerk,  and  published  in  any  one  or  more  newspapers  printed 
and  published  in  said  city.  The  time  during  which  the  said  company 
shall  be  delayed  in  the  prosecution  of  its  work  or  in  the  operation 
of  its  road  or  in  any  section  thereof  by  injunction  or  other  legal 
proceedings  in  the  courts  of  New  Jersey,  or  the  Federal  Courts 
shall  not  be  included  within  the  period  within  which  the  said  ex- 
tension is  to  be  constructed  and  put  into  complete  operation. 

Sec.  9.  All  tracks  of  the  Street  Railway  Company  now  laid 
or  hereafter  to  be  laid,  are  to  be  copiously  watered  throughout  their 
entire  length  and  for  the  space  of  two  feet  on  each  side  thereof,  twice 
in  each  day,  from  the  15'th  day  of  May  to  the  1st  day  of  October 
in  each  year;  once  before  11  A.  M.,  and  once  after  2 P.  M.,  and  in 
case  of  the  failure  of  the  Street  Railway  Company  so  to  do,  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  Street  Commissioner  or  the  Common  Council, 
said  company  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Plainfield 
the  sum  of  $20.00  per  day  for  each  and  every  day  such  failure 
shall  continue  to  exist;  such  payment  to  be  considered  as  liquidated 
damages  for  such  default. 

Sec.  10.  The  said  company  shall  for  the  fifty  years  beginning 
January  first,  1899,  as  compensation  for  the  rights  granted  under 
this  ordinance,  pay  the  Collector  or  other  receiving  officer  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield,  for  the  use  of  the  said  city,  a sum  equal  to  five 
per  cent,  of  the  gross  earnings  of  the  company  on  the  tracks  hereby 
authorized  to  be  laid,  and  for  the  succeeding  twenty-five  years  shall 
pay  to  the  Collector  or  other  receiving  officer  of  said  city,  for  the  use 
of  said  city,  a sum  not  to  exceed  seven  and  one-half  per  cent,  and 
not  less  than  five  per  cent,  of  the  gross  earnings  of  the  company 
upon  the  tracks;  and  during  the  next  twenty-four  years  a sum  not 
greater  than  ten  or  less  than  five  per  cent,  of  the  gross  earnings 
upon  said  tracks.  The  percentages  to  be  paid  as  aforesaid  for 
either  or  both  of  said  last  periods  of  twenty-five  and  twenty-four 
years  respectively,  if  not  mutually  agreed  upon  between  the  said 
city  and  the  said  company  within  sixty  days  respectively  after  the 
beginning  of  said  respective  periods  shall  be  fixed  within  the  limits 
of  the  percentages  as  above  specified  by  three  arbitrators,  one  to 


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1)6  appointed  by  the  city,  one  by  the  said  company  and  the  third  by 
the  Circuit  Court  of  the  County  of  Union  on  five  days’  notice,  and 
if  for  either  or  both  of  said  periods  last  referred  to  said  company 
shall  fail  to  agree  with  the  city  upon  the  percentage  or  percentages, 
and  also  fail  to  appoint  its  arbitrator,  and  notify  the  city  in  writing 
of  said  appointment  within  five  days  after  notice  to  appoint  such  ar- 
bitrator, then  the  percentage  or  percentages  to  be  paid  by  said 
company  annually  for  such  period  or  periods,  respectively,  shall  be 
the  maximum  percentage  for  such  period  or  periods  above  speci- 
fied. The  gross  earnings  shall  be  construed  to  be  all  the  earn- 
ings of  the  company  upon  said  tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid, 
including  the  full  proportion  of  the  earnings  on  traffic  within  the 
City  of  Plainfield  and  other  traffic  to  be  computed  according  to  the 
proportion  between  the  length  of  the  journey  and  the  number  of 
miles  traveled  upon  the  tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid,  provided 
that  the  annual  gross  earnings  of  the  said  company  upon  said  tracks 
hereby  authorized  to  be  laid  shall  for  the  purpose  of  entitling  the 
eity  to  said  percentage,  and  fixing  the  minimum  sum  on  which  said 
percentage  shall  be  paid,  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be  not  less  than 
such  sum  as  would  be  produced  by  adding  to  all  fares  of  five  cents 
each  or  less  than  five  cents  each,  paid  during  the  year  upon  said 
portion  of  said  tracks,  two  and  one-half  cents  each  for  all  other 
passengers  carried  upon  said  tracks  or  any  portion  thereof,  above 
the  age  of  ten  years,  and  one  and  one-half  cents  each  for  all  other 
passengers  between  the  age  of  four  and  ten  years  carried  over  any 
portion  of  the  tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid  during  the  year. 
And  to  enable  such  calculation  to  be  readily  made  the  said  com- 
pany, its  successors  or  assigns,  will  at  all  tihies  cause  separate  re- 
turns to  be  made  and  properly  tabulated  in  its  books  showing  the 
number  of  passengers  carried  and  the  fares  paid  upon  the  line  of 
tracks  hereby  authorized  to  be  laid  or  any  portion  thereof,  and  the 
number  of  passengers  carried  on  any  part  of  said '‘tracks  who  paid 
more  than  five  cent  fares  per  passenger,  or  who  paid  fares  beyond 
the  line  of  tracks  hereby  authorized,  and  also  showing  the  num- 
ber of  passengers  carried  upon  any  portion  of  any  of  the  tracks 
-of  said  company  located  within  the  territory  of  the  City  of  Plain- 
field  or  the  Borough  of  North  Plainfield,  and  the  fares  paid  by 
them,  whether  such  fares  were  paid  within  or  without  such  terri- 
tory, and  a further  table  showing  the  proportion  of  earnings  re- 
ferred to  in  the  first  part  of  this  paragraph;  and  annually  between 
the  first  day  of  January  and  the  fifteenth  day  of  January 
in  each  year  the  said  company,  its  successors  and  assigns, 
will  file  with  the  City  Clerk  of  said  city  a complete  and 
•detailed  statement,  signed  by  its  president  or  vice-president 
.and  its  treasurer,  showing  in  fact  what  were  the  gross  earnings 


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for  the  year  ending  the  first  day  of  said  month  upon  said  tracks, 
and  a table  similarly  signed  showing  in  detail  the  total  minimum 
amount  of  gross  earnings  as  they  would  be  calculated  according  to 
the  terms  of  this  section,  and  similar  statement  showing  gross  earn- 
ings on  all  the  tracks  of  said  company  within  the  City  of  Plain- 
field  or  the  Borough  of  North  Plainfield,  either  and  both.  That 
to  enable  the  City  to  ascertain  from  time  to  time  the  amount  of 
gross  earnings  of  such  company,  or  to  ascertain  any  facts  required 
to  be  entered  as  aforesaid,  the  books  of  the  company  shall  from 
time  to  time  when  required,  be  opened  in  Plainfield  to  inspection 
by  the  Finance  Committee  of  the  Common  Council  or  such  other 
person  or  persons  as  the  Common  Council  for  that  purpose  shall 
designate.  The  payment  provided  for  in  this  section  shall,  as  to  the 
line  of  tracks  hereby  authorized,  be  in  lieu  of  all  license  fees  for 
cars  whether  provided  for  in  prior  ordinances  or  not,  but  the  mon- 
eys to  be  paid  by  said  company  to  the  city,  as  to  all  tracks  hereto- 
fore authorized,  shall  be  determined  according  to  prior  ordinances, 
except  that  in  determining  the  amounts  payable  to  the  city  under 
such  prior  ordinances,  there  shall  be  added  to  gross  receipts  on  the 
other  tracks  the  gross  receipts  of  the  line  of  tracks  hereby  author- 
ized, and  when  the  total  in  any  one  year  shall  equal  or  exceed 
Eighty  Thousand  Dollars  for  the  entire  system  within  the  City  of 
Plainfield  and  the  Borough  of  North  Plainfield,  including  gross 
earnings  on  tracks  hereby  authorized,  then  for  that  year  and  an- 
nually thereafter,  there  shall  be  paid  as  aforesaid  to  the  collec- 
tor of  said  city,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  five  per  cent,  of  the  gross 
earnings  on  tracks  heretofore  authorized,  and  on  gross  earnings  on 
tracks  hereby  authorized,  the  percentages  hereinabove  specified  for 
the  same — the  intent  hereof  being  that  as  to  the  tracks  authorized 
by  this  ordinance,  compensation  or  the  percentage  basis  above  par- 
ticularly set  forth  shall  be  chargeable  from  the  beginning;  and  as 
to  the  tracks  authorized  by  prior  ordinances,  compensation  to  the 
city  shall  be  paid  as  at  present  until  the  total  gross  receipts  of 
said  company  on  all  its  tracks  within  the  territory  of  said  city  and 
borough,  including  tracks  authorized  by  this  ordinance,  shall  equal 
or  exceed  Eighty  Thousand  Dollars,  and  after  that  percentages  shall 
be  chargeable  on  all  gross  receipts  as  hereinabove  particularly 
specified. 

Sec.  11.  That  the  tracks  and  cars  of  said  company  shall  be 
used  for  the  carrying  of  passengers  only;  that  no  freight  car  or  cars 
shall  be  run  over  any  of  its  tracks,  that  no  freight  shall  be  carried 
by  said  company  or  over  its  tracks  and  that  no  luggage  other  than 
hand  luggage  actually  carried  by  passengers  shall  be  carried  or  al- 
lowed upon  the  cars  of  said  company,  or  any  other  cars  passing  over 
said  tracks.  Nothing  herein  contained,  however,  shall  prevent  the 


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company  from  carrying  tho  U.  S.  Mail.  That  cars  shall  not  be  run  in 
trains  of  more  than  two  cars  over  any  of  the  tracks  of  said  com- 
pany, and  that  all  cars  shall  stop  upon  being  signalled  by  any 
foot  passenger  at  any  street  corner  past  which  said  tracks  are  or  shall 
be  laid,  and  passengers  shall  be  freely  allowed  to  board  said  cars 
or  alight  therefrom  at  any  street  corner,  and  said  company  shall 
cause  the  cars  to  come  to  a full  stop  and  sound  the  gong  or  bell  im- 
mediately before  turning  any  curve  or  crossing  such  street  or  streets 
as  may  be  designated  by  the  Common  Council  on  road  now  con- 
structed or  to  be  constructed.  Any  violation  of  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  section  by  said  company  or  any  of  its  employees  shall 
be  subject  to  a penalty  of  Twenty  Dollars  fine  for  each  and  every 
offence. 

Sec.  12.  That  all  the  duties  or  obligations  imposed  upon  said 
Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company  by  this  ordinance  or  the  contract 
hereinafter  referred  to  shall  be  binding  and  obligatory  upon  said 
company,  its  successors  and  assigns,  and  in  case  the  said  company 
shall  lease  its  tracks  or  any  section  of  the  same,  or  sell  or  assign 
its  franchise,  or  attempt  so  to  do,  said  company  shall  cause  to  be 
inserted  in  any  such  lease,  deed,  bill  of  sale,  assignment  or  other 
transfer  a stipulation  and  agreement  and  condition  that  the  same 
is  made  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  the  con- 
tract herein  referred  to,  and  that  the  lessee,  vendee,  assignee  or 
other  person  to  whom  such  lease,  conveyance,  assignment  or  trans- 
fer may  be  made  or  attempted  to  be  made  in  accepting  the  same 
agrees  to  be  bound  hereby  and  to  conform  thereto  and  will  in  turn 
insert  a clause  similar  to  that  required  by  this  section  ip  case  of 
any  lease,  conveyance,  assignment  or  transfer  thereof  to  be  made, 
so  that  no  person,  or  corporations,  shall  acquire  any  rights  in  the 
premises  except  subject  to  the  same  terms  and  conditions  herein 
and  in  said  contract  provided. 

Sec.  13.  That  the  said  company  upon  the  final  adoption  of 
this  ordinance  and  before  exercising  any  of  the  rights  and  priv- 
ileges granted  hereby  shall  as  a condition  precedent  execute  on  its 
part  (after  properly  filling  blanks  for  dates)  and  file  with  the  City 
Clerk  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  a contract  between  said  company 
and  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  in  the  words  and  figures 
contained  in  the  draft  of  said  contract  filed  with  the  City  Clerk  De- 
cember 12,  1898,  and  endorsed  “Contract  between  Plainfield  Street 
Railway  Company  and  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  referred 
to  in  Street  Railway  ordinance  introduced  December  12,  1898,”  and 
said  contract  shall  thereupon  be  duly  executed  on  behalf  of  the  City 
by  the  Mayor  and  City  Clerk  and  impressed  with  the  corporate  seal 
of  said  city. 

Sec.  14.  That  said  company  shall  also  at  the  same  time  here- 


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inabove  specified  for  filing  said  contract  file  a bond  to  the  city  in 
the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  to  be  approved  as  to  form  by 
the  Common  Council  and  Corporation  Counsel  of  said  city,  condi- 
tioned for  the  full  and  faithful  keeping,  observance  and  perform- 
ance of  the  terms  and  conditions  in  this  ordinance  contained,  and  also 
the  terms  and  conditions  contained  in  the  contract  referred  to  in 
the  last  preceding  section  on  the  part  of  this  company  to  be  kept, 
observed  and  performed.  And  in  case  the  condition  or  terms  upon 
which  said  company  is  granted  permission  to  locate  its  tracks  and 
maintain  and  operate  its  road  or  any  of  the  terms  or  conditions  of 
the  said  contract  are  violated,  the  city  reserves  the  right  to  re- 
voke the  permission  herein  granted,  to  remove  the  tracks  of  the  said 
company  and  all  the  constructions  made  in  the  streets  of  the  city 
by  said  company,  its  successors  or  assigns. 

Sec.  15.  The  said  company  shall  within  thirty  days  next  after 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  file  with  the  City  Clerk  its  acceptance 
of  said  ordinance  and  of  the  contract  hereinabove  referred  to,  in- 
cluding all  the  agreements,  terms,  provisions,  restrictions  and  regu- 
lations, and  every  one  thereof  in  said  ordinance  or  contract  contained, 
which  said  acceptance  shall  be  under  the  corporate  seal  of  said  com- 
pany and  shall  be  signed  by  the  president  of  said  company;  and  in 
default  of  the  filing  of  such  acceptance  within  the  time  limited  afore- 
said, it  shall  be  understood  and  held  that  said  company  declines  to 
accept  the  same,  and  thereupon  all  rights,  powers  and  privileges 
to  them  granted  thereby  shall  forever  cease  and  be  at  an  end  in 
the  same  manner  and  with  the  same  effect  as  if  this  ordinance  had 
never  been  passed. 

Approved  December  29th,  1898. 


An  Ordinance  Locating  the  Tracks  of  the  Southeasterly  Extension 
of  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company,  and  Authorizing 
and  Empowering  the  Construction  and  Operation  and  Main^ 
tenance  of.  the  Same,  and  Granting  Permission  for  Said  Com- 
pany to  Use  Electricity  as  the  Propelling  Power  of  its  Cai*s, 
and  Prescribing  the  Terms  and  Conditions  Upon  Which  the  said 
Location  of  the  Tracks  and  Permission  are  Granted. 

'Whereas,  The  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company,  a street  rail- 
way corporation  organized  under  the  provisions  of  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  and  operating  a street  railway  in  the  City  of 
Plainfield,  did  present  their  petition  or  application  to  the  Mayor  and 
Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  New  Jersey,  praying  the 
said  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  for  their 
consent  to  the  construction,  operation  and  maintenance  of  an  ex- 


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tension  of  its  street  railway  in  the  City  of  Plainfield,  in  Arlington 
avenue,  from  the  present  line  of  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany in  West  Fourth  street  to  Randolph  road;  in  Randolph  road 
from  Arlington  avenue  to  Park  avenue;  in  Park  avenue  from  Ran- 
dolph -road  to  a point  1,652.19  feet  southerly  from  the  center  of 
Randolph  road;  thence  through  a private  right-of-way  to  a point 
near  Woodland  avenue;  thence  parallel  with  Woodland  avenue  in  a 
southerly  direction  to  the  city  and  county  line;  as  particularly  in- 
dicated on  a map  dated  and  filed  October  2,  1899,  in  the  City  Clerk’s 
office,  entitled  “Map  showing  Location  of  Tracks,  Turnouts  and 
Poles  for  Proposed  Extension  of  Plainfield  Street  Railway,  No.  4;’’ 
and. 

Whereas,  Public  notice  has  been  duly  given  of  such  application 
and  of  the  intention  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plain- 
field  to  consider  the  same,  by  publication,  and  also  by  posting  a 
copy  of  the  said  notice  in  five  or  more  of  the  most  public  places  in 
ihe  said  City  of  Plainfield,  at  least  fourteen  days  prior  to  the  date 
fixed  for  the  meeting  of  the  said  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield  to  consider  said  application;  and. 

Whereas,  Upon  the  date  fixed  by  said  notice  for  said  hearing, 
and  upon  the  days  to  which  the  said  hearing  was  regularly  ad- 
journed, public  hearing  was  given  to  all  persons  desiring  to  be 
heard,  in  favor  of  or  opposed  to  or  in  anywise  interested  in  the  said 
application  for  the  location  of  the  said  tracks  of  the  said  Street 
Railway  Company,  and  the  said  matter  having  been  duly  consid- 
ered by  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  and  the  said 
Common  Council  having  determined  to  grant  permission  for  the 
construction,  maintenance  and  operation  of  such  street  railway  up- 
on the  streets,  highways  or  public  places  designated  in  such  petij 
tion,  and  the  said  Company  having  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  City 
of  Plainfield  the  consent  in  writing  of  the  owners,  or  their  duly 
authorized  legal  representatives,  of  at  least  one-half  in  amount  of 
the  lineal  feet  of  property  on  said  Arlington  avenue  from  West 
Fourth  street  to  Randolph  road,  on  Randolph  road  from  Arling- 
ton avenue  to  Park  avenue,  on  Park  avenue,  from  Randolph  road 
to  a point  1,652.19  feet  southerly  from  the  center  of  Randolph  road, 
and  on  the  private  right-of-way  hereinafter  described. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  tracks  of  the  southeasterly  extension  of 
the  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company’s  railway  be  and  are  here- 
by located  in  the  following  streets,  roads  and  alleys  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield: 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  lines  of  Arlington 
avenue  and  West  Fourth  street  as  the  same  are  now  laid  out  and 


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opened  and  running  thence  along  said  center  line, of  Arlington  ave- 
nue, as  follows:  South  forty-three  degrees  ^and  nine  minutes  east 

(S  43  deg.  9 min.  E)  a distance  of  three  hundred  and  seventy  and 
sixty-nine  one-hundredths  (370.69)  feet  to  the  center  of  West  Fifth 
street;  thence  south  forty-three  degrees  and  three  minutes  east  (S 
43  deg.  3 min.  E)  a distance  of  three  hundred  and  forty-eight  and 
nine-tenths  (348.9)  feet  to  the  center  of  West  Sixth  street;  thence 
south  forty-two  degrees  and  twenty-one  minutes  east  (S  42  deg.  21 
min.  E)  a distance  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-two  and  fifty-six  one- 
hundredths  (172.56)  feet  to  a point;  thence  south  forty  degrees  and 
twenty-one  minutes  east  (S  40  deg.  21  min.  E)  a distance  of  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty-two  and  three-tenths  (252.3)  feet  to  the  center  of 
West  Seventh  street;  thence  south  forty  degrees  and  seventeen  min- 
utes east  (S  40  deg.  17  min.  E)  a distance  of  thirteen  hundred  and 
seventy-nine  and  twenty-one  one  hundredths  (1379.21)  feet  to  a 
point  of  curve;  thence  curving  to  the  left  with  a radius  of  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty- two  and  five-tenths  (132.5)  feet  a distance  of  ninety- 
eight  and  ninety-seven  one  hundredths  (98.97)  feet  to  a tangent 
point;  thence  south  eighty-three  degrees  and  five  minutes  east  (S 
83  deg,  5 min  E)  a distance  of  fifty  and  three-tenths  (50.3)  feet 
to  a point  of  curve;  thence  curving  to  the  right  with  a radius  of 
two  hundred  and  seven  and  thirty-three  one-hundredths  (207.33) 
feet  a distance  of  one  hundred  and  forty-one  and  twelve  one-hun- 
dredths (141.12)  feet  to  a tangent  point;  thence  south  forty-four 
degrees  and  five  minutes  east  (S  44  deg.  5 min.  E)  a distance  of 
twelve  hundred  and  fifty-two  and  twenty-one  one-hundredths 
(1252.21)  feet  to  a point  of  curve;  thence  curving  to  the  right  with 
a radius  of  three  hundred  and  twenty-five  and  fifty-one  one-hun- 
dredths (325.51)  feet  to  a distance  of  two  hundred  and  thirty-eight 
and  seven-tenths  (238.7)  feet  to  a tangent  point;  thence  south  two 
degrees  and  four  minutes  east  (S  2 deg.  4 min.  E)  a distance  of  five 
hundred  and  eighty-one  and  ninety-eight  one-hundredths  (581.98) 
feet  to  the  centre  of  Randolph  road;  thence  along  said  center  of 
Randolph  road  south  eighty-eight  degrees  and  thirteen  minutes 
east  (S  88  deg.  13  min.  E)  a distance  of  ten  hundred  and  sixty- 
four  and  two-tenths  (1064.2)  feet  to  a point  distant  eleven  and 
five-tenths  (11.5)  feet  easterly  at  right  angles  from  the  center  of 
Park  avenue;  thence  along  Park  avenue  and  eleven  and  five-tenths 
(11.5)  feet  east  of  the  center  line  of  the  same  south  eleven  degrees 
and  seventeen  minutes  east  (S  11  deg.  17  min.  E)  a distance  of 
sixteen  hundred  and  fifty-two  and  nineteen  one-hundredths 
(1652.19)  feet  to  a point  distant  forty-one  (41)  feet  south  of  the 
division  line  between  properties  of  J.  L.  Brewster  and  Nathan  H. 
Randolph;  thence  through  a private  right-of-way  parallel  with  said 
division  line  and  distant  forty-one  (41)  feet  at  right  angles  there- 


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from,  north  eighty  degrees  and  seven  minutes  east  (N  80  deg.  7 
min.  E)  a distance  of  two  hundred  and  fifty-four  (254)  feet  to  a 
point  of  curve;  thence  curving  to  the  left  with  a radius  of  five  hun- 
dred (500)  feet  a distance  of  one  hundred  and  forty-three  and  sev- 
en-tenths (143.7)  feet  to  a point  of  reverse  curve;  thence  curving 
to  the  right  with  a radius  of  five  hundred  (500)  feet  a distance  of 
one  hundred  and  forty-three  and  seven-tenths  (14  3.7)  feet  to 
a tangent  point  in  division  line  between  properties  of  Nathan  H. 
Randolph  aforesaid  and  the  heirs  of  Elkanah  Randolph;  thence 
along  said  division  line  north  eighty  degrees  and  seven  minutes 
east  (N  80  deg.  7 min.  E)  a distance  of  nine  hundred  and  nineteen 
and  ninety-four  one-hundredths  (919.94)  feet  to  a stone  and  north- 
westerly corner  of  property  of  the  Hillside  Cemetery  Association; 
thence  curving  to  the  right  with  a radius  of  five  hundred  (500) 
feet  a distance  of  one  hundred  and  forty-one  and  ninety-five  one- 
hundredths  (141.9  5)  feet  to  a point  of  reverse  curve;  thence  curv- 
ing to  the  left  with  a radius  of  five  hundred  (500)  feet  a distance 
of  one  hundred  and  forty-one  and  ninety-five  one-hundredths 
(141.95)  feet  to  a tangent  point  distant  forty  (40)  feet  in  a south- 
erly direction  at  right  angles  from  the  northerly  line  of  property 
of  the  Hillside  Cemetery  Association  aforesaid;  thence  parallel  with 
said  line  north  seventy-nine  degrees  and  fifty-eight  minutes  east 
(N  79  deg.  58  min.  E)  a distance  of  five  hundred  and  thirty  (530) 
feet,  more  or  less,  to  a point  of  curve;  thence  curving  to  the  right 
with  a radius  of  one  hundred  (100)  feet,  a distance  of  two  hun- 
dred and  forty  (240)  feet;  more  or  less,  to  a tangent  point  dis- 
tant forty  (40)  feet  west  at  right  angles  from  the  easterly  side  of 
Woodland  avenue;  thence  parallel  with  the  easterly  side  of  Woodland 
avenue  and  distant  forty  (40)  feet  westerly  at  right  angles  there- 
from as  follows:  South  four  degrees  and  twenty-eight  minutes 

west  (S  40  deg.  2 8 min.  W)  a distance  of  thirty  (30)  feet,  more  or 
less;  south  nine  degrees  and  thirty  minutes  west  (S  9 deg.  30  min. 
W)  five  hundred  and  thirty-seven  and  five-tenths  (537.5)  feet,  more 
or  less;  south  eight  degrees  and  nineteen  minutes  west  (S  8 deg. 
19  min.  W)  a distance  of  one  hundred  and  forty-nine  and  five- 
tenths  (149.5)  feet,  more  or  less;  south  one  degree  and  fifty-eight 
minutes  east  (S  1 deg.  58  min.  E)  a distance  of  three  hundred  and 
twenty-two  (322)  feet,  more  or  less;  south  ten  degrees  and  twenty- 
one  minutes  east  (S  10  deg.  21  min.  E)  three  hundred  and  fifty- 
five  and  five-tenths  (355.5)  feet,  more  or  less,  to  the  city  line,  and 
in  those  portions  of  said  streets,  roads  and  alleys,  marked  out 
and  shown  on  map  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  said  city, 
entitled  “Map  Showing  Location  of  Tracks,  Turnouts  and  Poles  for 
Proposed  Extension  of  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway,  No.  4,”  and 
dated  October  2,  1899,  to  which  reference  is  made  and  the  same  is 


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hereby  made  a part  of  this  ordinance,  and  the  said  company  is  here-^ 
by  given  the  right  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  its  extension 
to  its  street  railway  in  said  portions  of  said  streets,  roads  and  al- 
leys, under  and  subject  to  certain  restrictions  and  regulations  here- 
inafter specified  or  referred  to,  and  the  same  being  such  restric- 
tions and  regulations  as  the  Common  Council  hereby  deem  requi- 
site for  the  public  interests,  as  well  as  subject  to  such  further  rea- 
sonable regulations  as  may  be  hereinafter  enacted  by  said  Coun- 
cil. All  rights  and  privileges  under  this  ordinance  conferred  upon 
said  company  shall  cease  and  expire  on  the  first  day  of  January, 
A,  D.,  1999,  and  thereupon,  on  demand,  said  company  will  forth- 
with remove  all  of  its  tracks  from  the  streets,  lanes  and  alleys  of 
said  city.  A detailed  plan  of  construction  shall  be  filed  with  the 
City  Clerk  by  said  company  and  be  approved  by  said  Common  Coun- 
cil before  any  work  is  done  under  the  permission  herein  granted. 

Sec.  2.  That  said  company  shall  construct,  maintain  and  op- 
erate a single  track  railway  for  said  extension,  to  be  laid  in  the 
center  of  said  streets  or  highways,  except  in  Park  avenue,  where 
the  center  line  of  the  track  shall  be  eleven  and  one-half  feet 
east  of  the  center  line  of  Park  avenue,  and  in  Arlington  avenue, 
from  a point  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  southeast  of  the  cen- 
ter of  West  Fourth  street  to  a point  fifty  feet  northwest  of  the  cen- 
ter of  West  Fifth  street,  where  the  center  line  of  the  track  shall  be 
two  and  one-half  feet  northeast  of  the  center  line  of  Arlington  ave- 
nue, said  portion  of  the  track  to  be  connected  with  the  present 
track  in  West  Fourth  street,  and  with  the  proposed  track  in  Ar- 
lington avenue  by  reverse  curves,  and  as  shown  on  map,  and  shall 
construct  the  track,  switches,  turnouts  and  poles  in  the  manner  and 
at  the  points  and  places  indicated  for  the  same  on  said  map;  the 
poles  shall  be  constructed  and  set  and  the  wires  strung  thereon 
in  the  same  manner  as  the  poles  are  constructed  and  set  in  the 
ground  and  wires  strung  on  poles  on  the  line  of  street  railway  now 
operated  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  by  the  said  Plainfield  Street  Rail- 
way Company. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  rights  and  privileges  intended  to  be  given 
by  this  ordinance  to  said  company  are  subject  to  all  limitations,  pro- 
visions, terms  and  conditions  set  forth  and  contained  in  sections  5, 
6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  13,  14,  17  and  18  of  the  ordinance  of  the  city  en- 
titled, “An  Ordinance  locating  the  tracks  of  the  Plainfield  Street 
Railway  Company  and  regulating  the  construction  and  operation  of 
the  same  and  granting  permission  to  said  company  to  use  electric 
motors  as  the  propelling  power  of  its  Cars,”  approved  April  27, 
1891;  also  in  sections  3,  4,  6,  7,  9,  10,  11  and  12  of  the  ordinance- 
of  the  city  entitled,  “An  ordinance  locating  the  tracks  of  the  ex- 
tension of  the  Plainfield  Street  Railway  Company  in  Richmond 


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street  and  East  Second  street  and  over  a private  right-of-way  to  the 
line  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  in  Terrill  road,  and  authorizing  and 
empowering  the  construction  and  operation  and  maintenance  of  the 
same,  and  granting  permission  for  said  company  to  use  electricity 
as  the  propelling  power  of  its  cars,  and  prescribing  the  terms  and 
conditions  upon  which  the  said  location  of  the  tracks  and  permis- 
sion are  granted,”  approved  December  2 9,  1898,  to  the  same  ex- 
tent and  with  the  same  effect  as  if  said  sections  were  re-enacted 
in  full  as  part  of  this  ordinance,  excepting  that  in  section  10  of  the 
latter  ordinance  the  period  of  fifty  years  referred  to,  shall  as  to  the 
present  ordinance  begin  on  January  1,  1900,  instead  of  on  January  1, 
1899. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  company  shall  build  or  construct  the  exten- 
sion hereby  authorized,  with  turnouts  and  switches,  in  the  manner 
aforesaid,  and  put  the  same  into  complete  operation  for  the  trans- 
portation of  passengers  on  or  before  July  1,  1900,  and  upon  failu-re 
so  to  do  or  upon  failure  or  neglect  to  operate  the  same  as  afore- 
said, all  the  rights,  powers  and  privileges,  and  every  one  of  them 
of  the  said  company,  their  successors  and  assigns,  under  and  by 
virtue  of  this  supplemental  ordinance,  shall  thereupon  cease  and 
determine,  and  this  ordinance  shall  be  null  and  void  so  far  as  the 
grant  of  any  such  rights,  power  and  privilege  to  said  company  is 
concerned,  and  in  either  of  such  cases  the  Common  Council  expressly 
reserve  the  right  to  cause  the  said  railroad,  or  any  part  or  parts 
thereof,  so  constructed,  to  be  removed  from  said  street  or  streets  or 
any  of  them,  and  to  sell  and  dispose  of  the  material  thereof  by  public 
auction,  and,  after  paying  all  the  expenses  of  such  removal  sale, 
and  of  repairing  the  said  street  or  streets,  and  of  restoring  the 
same,  as  nearly  as  possible,  to  its  or  their  original  condition,  to 
pay  the  balance  of  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  tQ  the  said  company, 
or  its  successors  or  assigns,  provided,  that  no  notice  of  such  sale 
shall  be  required  to  be  given,  other  than  an  advertisement,  signed 
by  the  City  Clerk,  and  published  in  any  one  or  more  newspapers 
printed  and  published  in  said  city.  The  time  during  which  the  said 
company  shall  be  delayed  in  the  presecution  of  its  work,  or  in  the 
operation  of  its  road,  or  in  any  section  thereof,  by  injunction  or 
other  legal  proceedings  in  the  courts  of  New  Jersey,  or  the  Fed- 
eral courts,  shall  not  be  included  within  the  period  within  which 
the  said  extension  is  to  be  constructed  and  put  into  complete  oper- 
ation. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  said  company  upon  the  final  adoption  of  this 
ordinance,  and  before  exercising  any  of  the  rights  and  privileges 
granted  hereby,  shall,  as  a condition  precedent,  execute  on  its  part, 
and  file  with  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  a bond  to  the 
city  in  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  to  be  approved  as  to 


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form  by  the  Common  Council  and  Corporation  Counsel  of  said  city, 
conditioned  for  the  full  and»  faithful  keejling,  observance  and  per- 
formance of  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this  ordinance  contained. 
And  in  case  the  condition  or  terms  upon  which  said  company  is 
granted  permission  to  locate  its  tracks  and  maintain  and  operate 
its  road  are  violated  the  city  reserves  the  right  to  revoke  the  per- 
mission herein  granted,  to  remove  the  tracks  of  the  said  company 
and  all  the  constructions  made  in  the  streets  of  the  city  by  said 
company,  its  successors  or  assigns. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  cars  of  said  company  shall  be  run  on  a head- 
way of  not  more  than  thirty  minutes  in  each  direction  over 
the  extension  herein  authorized,  from  the  time  in  the  morning  when 
the  cars  begin  running  on  the  other  lines  of  said  company  in  the 
City  of  Plainfield  until  eleven  o’clock  P.  M.  When  the  gross  earn- 
ings upon  the  extension  herein  authorized  shall  amount  to  fifteen 
dollars  per  car  per  day,  the  cars  shall  be  run  upon  the  same  sched- 
ule as  that  in  operation  upon  the  other  lines  in  this  city. 

Sec.  7.  The  said  company  shall  within  thirty  days  next  after 
the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  file  with  the  City  Clerk  its  accept- 
ance of  said  ordinance,  including  all  the  agreements,  terms,  pro- 
visions, restrictions  and  regulations  and  every  one  thereof  in  said 
ordinance  contained,  which  said  acceptance  shall  be  under  the  cor- 
porate seal  of  said  company,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  president 
of  said  company;  and  in  default  of  filing  of  such  acceptance  within 
the  time  limited  aforesaid  it  shall  be  understood  and  held  that  said 
company  declines  to  accept  the  same,  and  thereupon  all  rights,  pow- 
ers and  privileges  to  them  granted  thereby  shall  forever  cease  and 
be  at  an  end  in  the  same  manner  and  with  the  same  effect  as  if 
this  ordinance  had  never  been  passed. 

Sec.  8.  That  the  said  company  shall  not  run  its  cars  at  a 
greater  speed  than  four  miles  per  hour  during  the  hours  between 
8 o’clock  A.  M.  and  5 o’clock  P.  M.  on  days  in  which  school  is  in 
session  on  Arlington  avenue  between  West  Fourth  and  West  Fifth 
streets. 

Approved  November  4,  1899. 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  Firearms  and  Otlier  Deadly  Weapons. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

(Section  1 repealed  by  ordinance  approved  June  20,  1910). 

Sec.  2.  That  no  person  shall  carry  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield  concealed  upon  or  about  his  person,  any  pistol, 
dirk,  butcher  or  bowie  knife,  stiletto,  dagger,  sword,  or  spear 


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in  a cane,  brass  or  metal  knuckles,  razor,  slug  shot  or  other  deadly 
weapon,  under  a penalty  of  a fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for 
each  and  every  offence;  provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply 
to  officers  of  the  law  or  persons  who  are  threatened  with  bodily 
harm. 

Approved  April  9th,  1895.  Amended  by  ordinance  approved 
June  23,  1909. 


An  Ordinance  Regulating  and  Prohibiting  the  Discharge  of  Fire- 
Arms  and  Fireworks. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  within  the  limits  of 
the  City  of  Plainfield  fire  or  discharge  any  cannon,  toy  cannon, 
gun,  revolver,  or  toy  pistol,  or  other  appliance  for  discharging 
metal  or  paper  caps,  such  as  are  used  in  toy  pistols,  or  fire-arms  of 
any  description  whether  the  same  be  loaded  with  blank  or  full 
charge;  provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  persons  engaged 
in  military  exercises  or  to  members  of  the  Police  Department  while 
on  duty,  or  to  the  use  of  a revolver,  pistol  or  other  fire-arm  in 
defense  of  life  or  property. 

Sec.  2.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  fire  or  discharge  any 
firecracker,  torpedo,  or  fireworks  of  any  character,  or  any  other 
thing  containing  or  composed  of  powder  or  other  explosive  or  com- 
bustible material,  or  set  in  motion  any  balloon  containing  a lighted 
torch  or  burning  material  of  any  kind,  upon  any  street,  lane,  high- 
way or  public  place  of  the  City  of  Plainfield. 

Sec.  3.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  within  the  limits  of 
the  City  of  Plainfield  fire  or  discharge  any  firecracker,  torpedo  or 
firework,  or  set  in  motion  any  balloon  containing  a lighted  torch  or 
burning  material  of  any  kind,  except  that  firecrackers  made  of  soft 
paper  loosely  wrapped  containing  no  other  explosive  but  black  pow- 
der and  not  over  five  inches  in  length  and  torpedoes  not  over  three- 
quarters  of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  fireworks  other  than  sky- 
rockets having  sticks  attached,  or  any  balloon  containing  a lighted 
torch  or  burning  material  of  any  kind,  may  be  set  off  and  dis- 
charged upon  private  property  on  the  Fourth  day  of  July  of  any 
year,  unless  the  Fourth  day  of  July  falls  on  Sunday,  and  in  such 
event  then  on  the  Fifth  day  of  July,  between  the  hours  of  six  o’clock 
in  the  morning  and  twelve  o’clock  midnight,  but  at  no  other  time, 
I)rovided,  however,  that  at  any  time  the  Mayor  may  upon  written 
application  made  at  least  twenty-four  hours  before  the  time  when 
said  event  is  to  occur,  give  permission  for  the  display  and  discharge 


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of  fireworks  except  sky-rockets  having  sticks  attached  or  any  balloon 
containing  a lighted  torch  or  burning  material  of  any  kind,  at  a 
time  and  place  to  be  specified  and  under  the  direction  of  a person 
or  persons  to  be  named  in  the  written  permit  issued  by  the  Mayor. 

Sec.  4.  Any  person  or  corporation  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  sections  one,  two  and  three  of  this  ordinance  shall  on  con- 
viction be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  Twenty  Dollars  for  each 
offence. 

Sec.  5.  That  section  one  of  an  ordinance  entitled  “An  ordi- 
nance concerning  fire-arms  and  other  deadly  weapons,”  approved 
April  9,  1895,  as  amended,  and  all  other  ordinances  and  parts  of 
ordinances  inconsistent  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  June  20,  1910. 


An  Ordinance  to  Provide  for  the  Licensing  of  Auctioneers. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  licenses  may  be  granted  by  the  Common  Coun- 
cil to  such  and  so  many  persons  of  good  moral  character  as  the 
Common  Council  shall  from  time  to  time  think  proper,  to  carry  on 
the  trade  or  business  or  to  act  in  the  capacity  of  auctioneers. 

Sec.  2.  That  every  application  for  any  such  license  shall  be 
in  writing  signed  by  the  applicant  stating  his  place  of  residence  and 
that  he  applies  for  license  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  3.  That  no  person  shall  carry  on  the  trade  or  business  of 
auctioneer  in  said  city  or  sell  or  attempt  to  sell  at  public  auction  in 
said  city  any  merchandise,  goods,  chattels  or  personal  property 
whatsoever  without  being  first  licensed  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  under  penalty  of  a fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for  each 
and  every  offence,  but  nothing  in  this  ordinance  contained  shall  be 
construed  to  apply  to  sales  made  at  public  auction  under  and  by  vir- 
tue of  legal  process. 

Sec.  4.  That  every  person  licensed  under  this  ordinance  shall 
at  the  time  of  receiving  such  license  pay  therefor  to  the  City  Clerk 
to  be  by  him  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  for  the  use  of  the  city  the 
sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  and  in  addition  thereto  the  Clerk’s  fee 
of  fifty  cents  for  issuing  said  license. 

Sec.  5.  That  every  license  granted  under  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  March  next  following 
the  date  of  such  license. 


Approved  March  21,  1892. 


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An  Ordinance  Relating  to  the  City  Treasurer  and  Regulating  the 
Receipt  and  Disbursement  of  City  Moneys. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  .Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  City  Treasurer  shall,  before  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  execute  a bond  in  the  sum  of  Twenty-five  Thous- 
and Dollars  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  conditioned 
for  the  true  and  faithful  performance  of  all  the  duties  of  his  office, 
with  such  freehold  security  as  the  Common  Council  shall  approve 
and  direct,  which  bonds  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Common  Council 
for  its  approval,  and,  when  so  approved,  shall  be  deposited  with  the 
City  Clerk  for  safe  keeping. 

Sec.  2.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  moneys  belonging 
to  or  in  any  way  appertaining  to  the  City,  unless  otherwise  provided 
by  law,  and  shall  forthwith  deposit  the  same  in  such  bank  or  banks 
as  the  Common  Council  shall  from  time  to  time  designate  as  the 
depositories  of  city  moneys,  in  the  name  of  “The  Treasurer  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield.” 

Sec.  3.  City  moneys,  except  where  otherwise  provided  by  law, 
shall  be  disbursed  only  upon  warrants  drawn  on  the  City  Treasurer 
as  follows: 

(1)  Upon  the  “Library  Fund”  such  warrants  shall  be  signed 

by  the  President  and  countersigned  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Public  Library  and  Reading  Room.  ' 

(2)  Upon  the  appropriation  for  the  Board  of  Health,  such 
warrants  shall  be  signed  by  the  President  and  countersigned  by  the 
Secretary  of  said  Board. 

(3)  In  all  other  cases,  such  warrants  shall  be  signed  by  the 
President  of  the  Common  Council  and  countersigned  by  the  City 
Clerk,  as  Auditor. 

Provision  may  be  made  by  resolution  for  substitutionary  sig- 
nature and  counter  signature  in  case  of  absence  of  any  or  either  of 
the  officers  named. 

In  all  cases  where  claims  must  be  submitted  to  the  Mayor  for 
approval  or  disapproval,  the  signatures  and  counter-signatures, 
original  or  substitutionary,  herein  provided  for,  shall  afford  plenary 
evidence  that  the  claim  embraced  in  the  warrant  has  either  been 
approved  by  the  Mayor,  or,  if  disapproved  by  him,  has  been  ordered 
to  be  nevertheless  paid.  If  a claim  has  been  marked  “disapproved” 
by  the  Mayor  and  the  claim  has  been  ordered  to  be  nevertheless 
paid,  pursuant  to  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and  provided,  that 
fact,  and  the  date  of  such  action,  shall  be  noted  on  the  claim. 

Every  warrant  drawn  on  the  “Library  Fund”  shall  be  accepted 
in  writing  by  the  City  Treasurer,  if  there  be  sufficient  to  the  credit 


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of  that  fund  in  the  designated  depository  in  which  by  law  it  must  be 
separately  kept,  and  such  warrant  shall  thereupon  be  honored  as  a 
draft  or  check  on  that  fund. 

Every  warrant  drawn  on  the  appropriation  for  the  Board  of 
Health  shall  be  accepted  in  writing  by  the  City  Treasurer,  if  there 
be  sufficient  funds  to  the  credit  of  that  appropriation,  and  the  City 
Treasurer  shall,  in  writing,  on  said  warrant,  direct  payment  thereof 
by  a bank,  being  one  of  the  designated  depositories  of  city  moneys; 
and  such  warrant  shall  thereupon  be  honored  as  a draft  or  check 
on  that  bank. 

Upon  every  other  warrant,  if  for  a claim  properly  audited,  the 
City  Treasurer,  if  there  be  sufficient  funds  wherewith  to  pay  the 
same,  shall,  in  writing,  on  said  warrant,  direct  payment  thereof  by 
a bank,  being  one  of  the  designated  depositories  of  city  moneys; 
and  such  warrant  shall  thereupon  be  honored  as  a draft  or  check  on 
that  bank. 

In  each  case,  such  direction  of  payment  shall  be  considered  an 
acceptance  of  such  warrant  as  a draft  on  the  City  Treasurer. 

Sec.  4.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  keep  in  a suitable  book  or 
books  in  such  manner  as  directed  by  the  Common  Council,  or  its 
appropriate  committee,  the  separate  accounts  of  the  several  funds 
for  which  moneys  shall  be  received  or  paid  out  by  him,  each  under 
its  proper  head  and  title,  so  that  the  account  of  each  of  these  funds 
shall  show  at  all  times  the  exact  amount  to  the  credit  or  debit  of  such 
fund.  The  Treasurer  shall  also  keep  a detailed  record  of  all  assess- 
ments made  or  authorized  to  be  made  by  the  Common  Council,  set- 
ting forth  the  date  and  purpose  of  each  assessment,  the  name  of 
persons  assessed,  the  amount  assessed  against  each,  and  the  date  of 
the  payment  of  the  same. 

Sec.  5.  Whenever  the  Common  Council  shall  authorize  money 
to  be  borrowed  on  the  credit  and  in  the  name  of  the  City  in  antici- 
pation of  the  collection  of  taxes,  the  City  Treasurer  shall  prepare 
and  sign  a note  for  the  amount  so  authorized  to  be  borrowed,  pay- 
able at  such  time  as  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Common  Council,  which 
note  shall  likewise  be  signed  by  the  Mayor,  and  unless  otherwise 
directed  by  the  Common  Council  the  City  Treasurer  shall  cause 
such  note  to  be  discounted  at  one  of  the  designated  depositories  of 
city  moneys;  the  net  proceeds  thereof  shall  be  credited  to  the 
account  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  in  such  bank,  and 
credited  by  the  City  Treasurer  to  the  fund  for  which  the  money  was 
borrowed.  At  the  maturity  of  the  note  so  discounted,  the  amount 
thereof  shall  be  chargeable  against  said  account. 

Sec.  6.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  render  to  the  Common  Coun- 
cil at  each  of  its  regular  meetings  a statement  of  all  moneys  received 
and  disbursed  by  him  from  the  date  of  his  last  preceding  statement; 


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and  at  the  last  meeting  in  each  year  he  shall  render  a statement 
of  all  moneys  received  and  disbursed  by  him  during  the  current  year, 
and  he  shall  submit  for  inspection  his  books  to  the  Mayor  or  Com- 
mon Council  or  its  appropriate  committee,  or  any  city  officer  the 
Common  Council  shall  designate,  whenever  requested  to  do  so. 

Sec.  7.  No  claim  or  demand  of  any  kind  against  the  City, 
except  as  by  law  or  this  ordinance  otherwise  provided,  shalj  be  paid 
or  directed  to  be  paid  by  the  City  Treasurer,  unless  first  regularly 
allowed  and  ordered  paid  by  the  Common  Council,  and  a statement 
in  writing  to  that  effect  duly  signed  by  the  City  Clerk  be  filed  with 
the  City  Treasurer.  Upon  receiving  from  the  City  Clerk  said  writ- 
ten statements  of  claims  or  demands  allowed  and  ordered  paid  by 
the  Common  Council,  the  City  Treasurer  shall  forthwith  prepare 
warrants  for  the  payment  thereof,  and  have  them  properly  signed 
as  herein  provided,  and  direct  payment  thereof  by  a designated 
depository  of  city  moneys,  as  herein  provided. 

Sec.  8.  Upon  the  warrants  provided  for  in  the  last  section 
being  returned  to  City  Treasurer  after  payment,  the  same  shall  be 
attached  to  the  original  claim.  All  paid  warrants  shall  be  filed  by 
the  City  Treasurer,  regularly  numbered,  and  a detailed  record  of 
each  shall  be  kept  by  him.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  also  require 
proper  receipts  for  all  checks  or  drafts  issued  by  him,  and  shall  file 
the  same  in  regular  order,  and  safely  preserve  as  vouchers  all  such 
receipts  as  well  as  the  claims  and  paid  warrants  hereinbefore  first 
referred  to,  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Common  Council. 

Sec.  9.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith,  and  particularly  the  ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance 
Relating  to  the  City  Treasurer  and  the  Payment  of  City  Moneys,” 
approved  February  8,  1893,  and  amended  by  ordinance  approved 
July  12,  1897,  are  hqreby  repealed;  but  no  ordinance  or  part  of 
ordinance  heretofore  existing  shall  be  revived  by  such  repeal. 

Approved  July  6,  1911. 


An  Ordinance  to  Regulate  the  Use  of  Bicycles,  Tricycles  and  Sim- 
ilar Vehicles,  and  Other  Road  Vehicles  in  the  Public  Streets. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  all  bicycles,  tricycles  and  similar  vehicles  when 
in  use  on  the  public  highways,  streets,  or  places  of  the  city  are 
hereby  required  to  have  a lamp  cjf  such  illuminating  power  as  to  be 
plainly  seen  one  hundred  yards  ahead,  attached  thereto  and  kept 
lighted  between  one  hour  after  sunset  and  sunrise. 

Sec.  2.  That  all  bicycles,  tricycles  and  similar  vehicles  shall 
carry  a suitable  alarm  bell  attached  to  the  handle  bar  of  such  ma- 


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chine,  which,  when  rung,  may  be  heard  one  hundred  feet  distant. 
That  such  bell  shall  be  sounded  as  an  alarm  by  the  rider  of  such 
vehicle  upon  approaching  another  vehicle  from  the  rear,  or  upon 
approaching  pedestrians  crossing  the  street  or  upon  the  approach 
of  another  vehicle  on  the  same  street  or  on  a street  intersecting 
the  street  ridden  upon. 

Sec.  3.  That  no  person  shall  ride  upon  any  bicycle,  tricycle,  or 
similar  machine  upon  any  sidewalk  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield;  provided,  that  the  term  sidewalk  as  used  in  this  ordi- 
nance shall  be  construed  to  mean  such  sidewalks  only,  concerning 
which  the  city  has  power  to  pass  ordinances  under  and  by  virtue  of 
paragraph  V,  Section  1 of  Chapter  8 of  the  Public  Laws  of  1896; 
and  provided  further  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  the  riding 
of  any  bicycle,  tricycle  or  similar  machine  upon  any  sidewalk  when 
necessary  to  ride  upon  such  sidewalk  in  passing  from  private  prem- 
ises to  the  roadbed  of  any  street,  or  vice  versa. 

Sec.  4.  That  every  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  render  the  offender  subject  to  a fine  not  exceeding 
the  sum  of  five  dollars  ($5)  for  each  offence,  and  that  the  Justice, 
Police  Judge,  Recorder  or  other  Magistrate  who  may  have  jurisdic- 
tion over  such  offences  in  violation  of  this  ordinance,  may  impose 
such  fine  in  his  discretion,  as  he  may  think  proper,  not  exceeding 
the  sum  of  five  dollars  ($5),  for  each  offence. 

Approved  May  12th,  1896. 


An  Orclinance  to  Regulate  the  Rate  of  Speed  of  Vehicles  in  Public 

Streets. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  no  person  or  persons  shall  ride  any  bicycle, 
tricycle  or  similar  vehicle,  or  drive  any  horse  or  other  beast  of  bur- 
den attached  to  any  carriage  or  other  vehicle  on  any  of  the  public 
roads  or  streets  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  at  a greater  rate  of  speed 
than  the  rate  of  ten  miles  per  houf’,  and  any  person  or  persons  vio- 
lating this  ordinance  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  subject  to  a 
fine  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  each  offence. 


Approved  Feb.  20,  1897- 


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An  Ordinance  Authorizing  the  Central  Railroad  Company  of  New 

Jersey  to  Lay  Down  and  Maintain  a Siding  or  Turnouts  Across 

North  Avenue  and  to  Run  and  Operate  Engines  and  Cars 

Thereon. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  Central  Railroad  Company  of  New  Jersey 
be,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  lay  down,  con- 
struct and  maintain,  one  railroad  track  across  North  avenue  in  the 
City  of  Plainfield,  and  to  run  and  operate  railroad  engines  and  cars 
on  and  over  said  railroad  track  across  said  North  avenue,  and  that 
such  authorization  is  granted  upon  the  following  terms  and  condi- 
tion: 

A.  That  the  point  where  such  single  railroad  track  shall  cross 
said  North  avenue  shall  be  between  lands  of  said  Railroad  Com- 
pany on  the  south  side  and  lands  of  Charles  H.  Leonard  on  the 
north  side  of  said  North  avenue,  and  not  nearer  than  fifty  (50)  feet 
on  Berckman  street  and  not  farther  from  said  Berckman  street  than 
two  hundred  and  fifty  (250)  feet. 

B.  That  said  single  railroad  track  shall  be  laid  and  maintained, 
as  nearly  as  possible,  at  right  angles  to  said  North  avenue. 

C.  That  said  single  railroad  track  shall  be  so  laid  and  main- 
tained that  the  top  of  the  rails  shall  be  on  a level  with  said  avenue. 

D.  That  for  one  foot  on  the  outside  of  the  rails,  and  between 
the  rails,  the  said  Company  shall  lay  and  maintain  in  good  order 
on  a level  with  the  rails,  planking,  so  that  the  crossing  of  said  rail- 
road track  by  vehicles  shall  be  easy  and  convenient,  such  planking 
to  extend  a width  equal  to  three-fifths  of  the  carriage  or  driveway 
of  said  avenue.  That  the  roadway  of  said  North  avenue,  adjacent  to 
said  crossing,  be  continually  maintained  on  a level  with  said  planks, 
and  that  the  planks  shall  be  renewed  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Street  Commissioner,  it  is  necessary. 

E.  That  said  Railroad  Company  in  the  laying  down  and  main- 
tenance of  said  single  railroad  track  shall  make  such  culverts  or 
drain,  or  both,  on  the  gutter  lines  of  the  avenue  to  pass  the  surface 
water  fiowing  in  said  gutters  as  shall  be  required  by  the  Street  Com- 
missioner of  said  city. 

F.  That  said  Railroad  Company  shall  erect  a sign  or  signal  post 
on  one  side  of  said  railroad  track  on  the  curb  line,  to  be  lettered 
“Railroad  Crossing;  Look  out  for  the  Locomotive.” 

G.  That  said  Railroad  Company  shall  cause  every  engine,  car, 
cars,  engine  and  car  or  car  or  cars,  which  shall  be  moved  across 
said  avenue  to  be  preceded  in  the  going  direction  of  said  cars  or  en- 
gines by  a fiagman  to  warn  person  traveling  upon  said  avenue  of  the 


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approach  of  said  cars  or  engines,  and  no  cars  or  engines  shall  be 
moved  at  a greater  speed  than  such  person  can  walk. 

H.  That  the  authorization  above  granted  shall  be  terminable  on 
thirty  days’  notice  by  a resolution  of  the  Common  Council  to  that 
effect,  served  on  said  Railroad  Company,  and  in  such  case  said  Rail- 
road Company  shall  forthwith  remove  all  tracks  and  rails  from  said 
avenue  and  restore  the  said  avenue  to  the  condition  in  which  it 
now  is. 

Approved  Nov.  6th,  1897. 


An  Ordinance  to  License  and  Regulate  Junk  Shop  Keepers. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  licenses  may  be  granted  by  the  Common  Coun- 
cil to  such  and  so  many  persons  of  good  moral  character,  and  other- 
.wise  qualified  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  as  the 
Common  Council  shall  from  time  to  time  think  proper,  as  keepers  of 
junk  shops. 

’Sec.  2.  That  every  application  for  such  license  shall  be  in 
writing,  signed  by  the  applicant,  and  shall  state  his  place  of  resi-  / 
dence. 

Sec.  3.  Every  person  to  whom  a license  shall  be  granted  as 
the  keeper  of  a junk  shop  shall  enter  into  bond  to  the  Mayor  and 
Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  with  good  and  sufficient 
surety  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of  two  hun- 
dred dollars,  conditioned  for  the  due  observance  of  all  such  ordi- 
nances of  the  City  of  Plainffeld  as  may  be  passed  or  in  force,  respect- 
ing junk  shops  and  the  keepers  of  junk  shops,  at  any  time  during 
the  continuance  of  such  license.  Every  license  which  shall  be 
granted  any  keeper  of  any  junk  shop  shall  designate  the  house  and 
place  in  which  the  person  receiving  such  license  shall  be  authorized 
to  carry  on  said  business. 

Sec.  4.  Every  keeper  of  a junk  shop  so  licensed  as  aforesaid 
shall  be  authorized  to  keep  at  such  house  or  place,  what  is  com- 
monly called  a junk  shop,  for  the  purchase  and  sale  of  junk,  rags, 
old  ropes,  old  iron,  brass,  copper,  tin,  lead  and  other  old  materials, 
old  bottles  old  glass,  old  tinware,  or  other  second-hand  articles, 
and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any  keeper  of  a junk  shop  so  licensed  as 
aforesaid,  to  keep,  use  and  drive  a cart  or  carts,  wagon  or  wagons  in 
the  City  of  Plainffeld  for  the  purchase  and  sale  of  junk,  rags,  rope, 

. old  iron,  brass,  copper,  tin,  lead  and  other  old  metals,  old  bottles,  old 
glass  or  old  tin  ware;  provided,  that  such  cart  or  wagon  so  kept, 
used  and  driven  by  or  for  him  shall  be  duly  and  separately  licensed 


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/ 

and  that  every  such  cart  or  wagon  shall  be  marked  with  the  name 
at  length,  the  street  and  number  of  his  place  of  business  and  the 
number  of  his  license  in  plain  letters  and  figures. 

Sec.  5.  No  person  shall  keep  what  is  commonly  called  a junk 
shop  for  the  purchase  and  sale  of  the  articles  enumerated  in  the 
preceding  section  of  this  ordinance,  and  no  person  shall  drive  or 
draw  or  cause  or  procure  to  be  used,  or  driven  or  drawn,  any  cart, 
wagon  or  other  vehicle  for  the  purchase  or  sale  of  either  of  such 
articles  without  first  being  licensed  by  the  Common  Council  as 
hereinbefore  provided  under  the  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  nor 
more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense,  but  the  full 
penalty  of  twenty  dollars  to  be  imposed  upon  conviction  for  a sec- 
ond offence. 

Sec.  6.  No  keeper  of  a junk  shop  shall  receive  in  the  line  of  his 
business  any  article  or  thing  by  way  of  pledge  or  pawn,  nor  shall 
he  loan  or  advance  any  sum  of  money  on  the  security  of  any  such 
article  or  thing  under  the  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and 
every  offence. 

Sec.  7.  No  keeper  of  a junk  shop  shall  receive  or  purchase  any 
goods,  articles  or  thing  whatsoever  from  any  minor,  apprentice  or 
servant,  knowing  or  having  reason  to  believe  him  or  her  to  be  such, 
under  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  8.  No  keeper  of  a junk  shop  shall  receive  or  purchase  in 
the  way  of  his  business  any  goods,  articles  or  thing  whatsoever  from 
any  person  or  persons  whatsoever  between  the  setting  of  the  sun 
and  the  hour  of  seven  o’clock  of  the  following  morning,  under  the 
penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  9.  Every  keeper  of  a junk  shop  shall  provide  and  keep  a 
book  in  which  shall  be  fairly  written  at  the  time  of  each  purchase 
a description  of  the  article  so  purchased,  the  name  and  residence 
of  the  person  or  persons  from  whom  such  purchase  was  made  and 
the  day  and  hour  of  such  purchase. 

Sec.  10.  The  said  book  shall  be  at  all  reasonable  times  open 
to  the  inspection  of  the  Mayor,  Chief  of  Police,  and  City  Judge,  or 
any  of  them,  or  of  any  person  who  shall  be  duly  authorized  in  writ- 
ing for  that  purpose  by  any  one  of  them  who  shall  exhibit  such 
written  authority  to  such  keeper  of  a junk  shop. 

Sec.  11.  Every  keeper  of  a junk  shop  who  shall  violate  or 
neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  last 
two  preceding  sections  of  this  ordinance  shall  for  every  offence  for- 
feit and  pay  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars. 

Sec.  12.  No  person  shall  keep  a junk  shop  without  being 
licensed  for  that  purpose  as  aforesaid,  or  shall  carry  on  such  busi- 
ness or  keep  such  junk  shop  at  any  other  house  or  place  than  the 
one  designated  in  such  license,  or  shall  continue  to  carry  on  such 


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business  after  such  license  may  have  expired  or  been  revoked  under 
the  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

Sec.  13.  Every  keeper  of  a junk  shop  shall  have  and  keep  a 
sign  on  the  outside  and  in  front  of  his  shop  or  other  place  used  by 
him  for  carrying  on  such  business  on  which  shall  be  plainly  set  forth 
in  conspicuous  letters  his  name  and  his  licensed  business  under  the 
penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  week  he  shall  make  use 
of  such  shop  or  other  place  as  aforesaid  without  having  such  sign  so 
put  up  and  maintained. 

Sec.  14.  If  any  goods,  articles  or  things  shall  be  advertised  in 
any  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  as  having  been 
lost  or  stolen,  and  if  such  goods,  articles  or  things,  or  any  such, 
answering  to  the  description  of  the  goods,  articles  or  things  so  ad- 
vertised, or  any  part  or  portion  thereof,  shall  then  be  in,  or  there- 
after come  into,  the  possession  of  any  keeper  of  a junk  shop,  he  or 
she  shall  forthwith  give  information  thereof  in  writing  to  the  Chief 
of  Police,  and  shall  also  state  from  whom  the  same  were  received, 
under  the  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for  each  neglect  or  offence. 

Sec.  15.  Every  keeper  of  a junk  shop  who  shall  receive  or  be 
in  possession  of  any  goods,  articles  or  things  which  may  have  been 
stolen  or  lost,  or  alleged  dr  supposed  to  have  been  lost  or  stolen, 
shall  forthwith,  on  a demand  to  view  the  same,  present  the  same  to 
the  Mayor,  Chief  of  Police,  City  Judge,  or  to  any  policeman  or 
other  person  who  may  be  authorized  by  any  of  the  above  named  of- 
ficers or  magistrates  to  make  such  demand  upon  a penalty  of  twenty 
dollars  for  every  neglect  or  refusal  so  to  do. 

Sec.  16.  That  there  shall  be  charged  to  each  person  or  per- 
sons licensed  as  aforesaid  and  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  for  the  use  of 
the  city  on  the  issuing  of  such  license  with  the  privilege  of  using  one 
junk  wagon  or  cart  the  siim  of  twenty-five  dollars,  and  for  each  ad- 
ditional junk  wagon  or  cart  the  sum  of  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  17.  All  licenses  granted  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  shall 
expire  on  the  first  day  of  March  next  after  the  same  shall  have  been 
granted  and  shall  state  the  number  of  such  license  and  the  location 
thereof,  and  the  name  of  the  person  licensed.  All  such  licenses  may 
be  renewed,  annually,  subject  in  all  things  to  the  same  conditions, 
provisions  and  changes  as  in  and  for  the  original  license. 

Sec.  18.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  to  notify  the 
Chief  of  Police  of  and  every  license  issued  by  him,  to  whom  and  for 
what  time  and  purpose,  and  to  furnish  the  Treasurer  at  least  once 
in  each  and  every  month  with  a report  of  the  number  of  licenses 
issued,  together  with  the  moneys  due  the  City  Treasurer  for  the 
same. 

Sec.  19.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  to  cause 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating  to  fines  and  for  failure  to 


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comply  with  the  provisions  therof,  to  be  carried  strictly  into  effect. 

Sec.  20.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  to  keep  a 
register  of  all  licenses  granted  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, wherein  shall  be  stated  the  number  of  the  license,  the  local- 
ity and  such  other  data  as  may  be  necessary. 

Sec.  21.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  purchase  or  sell  any 
of  the  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  mentioned  in  this  ordinance 
without  first  taking  out  a license  therefor,  or  after  their  license 
has  expired,  or  when  revoked,  shall  for  each  such  offence  be  sub- 
ject to  the  penalty  mentioned  above  in  section  five. 

Sec.  22.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  to  which  no  penalty  is  attached  in  any  preceding 
section,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a fine  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  twenty 
dollars. 

Approved  July  14th,  1900. 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  the  Sending  of  Indigent  Patients  to  JMuhl- 
enberg  Hospital,  and  Their  Care  and  Maintenance  Therein. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  mode  of  sending  indigent  patients  to 
Muhlenberg  Hospital  for  support  and  maintenance  pursuant  to  any 
contract,  or  under  any  law  of  this  State  or  ordinance  of  the  City, 
shall  be  by  written  order  signed  by  the  City  Physician,  Overseer  of 
the  Poor,  Mayor  or  City  Judge,  and  the  mode  and  terms  of  paying 
for  the  care  and  maintenance  of  such  patients  so  sent  to  such  Hos- 
pital shall  be  by  warrant  for  such  amount  as  may  have  been  or  shall 
be  agreed  upon  by  contract  between  said  Hospital  and  the  City, 
and  payable  after  substantial  performance  of  such  contract  by 
Muhlenberg  Hospital. 

Approved  March  7,  1905. 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  Dogs. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  hereafter  no  person  shall  keep,  harbor  or 
maintain  any  dog,  or  suffer  one  to  be  kept,  harbored  or  maintained 
within  the  City  of  Plainfield,  unless  a license  to  keep  such  dog  has 
first  been  obtained  from  the  City  of  Plainfield  in  the  manner  here- 
inafter provided,  and  any  person  keeping,  harboring  or  maintain- 
ing, or  suffering  to  be  kept,  harbored  or  maintained  any  dog  within 


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the  City  of  Plainfield  without  having  obtained  such  license  shall  be 
guilty  of  a violation  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  2.  The  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  is  hereby  au- 
thorized to  issue  such  license  in  the  name  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
City  of  Plainfield  to  any  person  applying  therefor  in  writing  and  pay- 
ing a license  fee  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  which  license  when 
so  issued  shall  be  valid  and  remain  in  force  only  until  the  20th  day 
of  May  next  following  the  issuing  thereof. 

Sec.  3.  The  written  application  for  a license  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  shall  be  signed  by  the  owner  or  person  having  the  cus- 
tody of  such  dog,  and  shall  set  forth  the  place  of  residence  of  the 
applicant  and  the  owner  shall  state  the  place  where  such  dog  is  to 
be  kept,  and  shall  contain  a description  of  such  dog,  including  its 
name,  color,  breed  and  sex.  All  licenses  issued  pursuant  to  such 
application  shall  be  consecutively  numbered,  and  shall  among  oth- 
er things  contain  a brief  description  of  the  dog  to  keep  which  such 
license  is  issued,  including  its  name,  color,  breed  and  sex,  the  name 
of  the  owner,  and  shall  state  the  place  at  which  such  dog  is  to  be 
kept. 

Sec.  4.  Any  person  or  association  in  the  City  of  Plainfield 
owning  five  or  more  dogs  which  are  kept  for  breeding,  show  or 
sporting  purposes  may  obtain  a kennel  license,  which  shall  entitle 
the  holder  thereof  to  establish  and  maintain  within  said  City  a 
kennel  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  dogs  for  breeding,  show  and 
sporting  purposes.  Such  license  shall  be  issued  by  the  City  Clerk 
upon  a written  application  signed  by  such  person  or  association 
which  which  shall  set  forth  the  place  of  residence  of  the  appli- 
cant, the  place  where  such  dogs  are  to  be  kept  and  the  breed  of  such 
dogs.  All  licenses  issued  pursuant  to  such  applications  shall  have 
plainly  written  or  printed  upon  them  the  words  “Kennel  License,” 
and  shall  set  forth  the  facts  stated  in  the  application.  Kennel  li- 
censes shall  be  valid  and  remain  in  force  only  until  the  2 0th  day  of 
May  next  following  the  issuing  thereof.  There  shall  be  attached 
to  the  collar  of  each  dog  kept  pursuant  to  a kennel  license,  the  tag 
required  by  this  ordinance,  each  of  which  tags  shall  bear  the  num- 
ber of  such  license.  Such  license  shall  be  issued  upon  the  pay- 
ment of  a license  fee  of  ten  dollars  and  in  addition  thereto  there 
shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  for  each  tag  provided  by  him  the 
sum  of  twenty-five  cents.  All  provisions  of  other  sections  of  this 
ordinance  not  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
apply  to  any  and  all  dogs  kept  pursuant  to  a kennel  license.  The 
license  fee  of  ten  dollars  required  by  this  section  shall  be  in  lieu  of 
any  license  fee  otherwise  provided  for  by  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  5.  Every  dog  to  keep  which  a license  is  issued  shall  wear 
a collar  to  which  shall  be  attached  a metal  tag  bearing  the  number 


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of  such  license;  such  tag  to  be  furnished  by  the  City  Clerk  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  City.  The  tags  used  for  each  year  shall  be  different 
in  size,  shape  or  color  from  the  tags  used  the  preceding  year  that 
the  appearance  of  the  tag  will  differentiate  with  sufficient  certainty 
the  year  for  which  the  tag  is  issued,  and  three  full  years  shall 
elapse  before  a tag  of  the  same  size,  shape  or  color  is  again  pro- 
vided. If  a tag  is  lost  a new  one  may  be  obtained  from  the  City 
Clerk  upon  satisfactory  proof  being  furnished  that  a license  to  keep 
the  dog  for  which  tag  is  desired  had  been  previously  issued  for  the 
then  current  year  and  upon  payment  therefor  of  the  sum  of  fifty 
cents. 

Sec.  6.  Any  person  who  shall  substitute  or  use  any  tag  in 
place  of  the  one  furnished,  by  the  City,  or  shall  allow  any  dog 
owned,  kept,  harbored  or  maintained  by  him  to  leave  premises  oc- 
cupied by  such  person  without  having  a proper  tag  attached  to  the 
collar  of  such  dog  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a violation  of  this  or- 
dinance. 

Sec.  7.  The  City  Clerk  shall  on  or  before  the  1st  day  of  June 
in  each  year  transmit  to  the  chief  of  police  a statement  showing 
all  licenses  to  keep  dogs  issued  as  aforesaid.  The  chief  of  police 
upon  receipt  of  such  statement  shall  ascertain  by  the  officers  up- 
on their  respective  beats,  what  persons  have  failed  to  comply  with 
this  ordinance,  and  all  such  persons  shall  thereupon  be  proceeded 
against  before  the  City  Judge  of  the  City  of  Plainfield. 

Sec.  8.  The  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  may  at  any  time 
when  in  his  judgment  the  public  safety  demands  it,  order  and  di- 
rect by  public  notice  that  no  dog  shall  be  allowed  to  leave  the 
premises  of  the  person  owning  or  entitled  to  the  custody  of  such 
dog  unless  securely  confined  upon  a leash  and  accompanied  by  a 
person  over  the  age  of  twelve  years.  Such  notice  shall  be  published 
at  least  three  consecutive  times  in  the  official  newspapers  of  the 
City,  and  shall  state  how  long  the  said  order  is  to  remain  in  force. 
Any  person  who  shall,  after  the  issuing  of  such  order,  and  during 
the  time  same  shall  remain  in  force,  suffer,  allow  or  permit  any 
dog  owned,  kept  or  harbored  by  him  to  go  upon  any  of  the  streets 
or  public  places  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  or  upon  any  premises 
other  than  those  owned  or  occupied  by  him  unless  securely  confined 
upon  a leash  and  accompanied  by  a person  over  the  age  of  twelve 
years,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a violation  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  9.  The  Common  Council  at  its  first  regular  meeting  in  May 
of  each  year,  shall  establish  a pound  and  the  Mayor  shall  prior  to 
such  meeting  appoint  a pound-keeper,  subject  to  confirmation  of 
the  Common  Council,  who  shall  hold  office  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
Common  Council.  The  said  pound-keeper,  any  police  officer,  or  any 
person  specially  appointed  by  the  Mayor  for  that  purpose,  may  seize 


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and  convey  to  the  pound  any  dog  found  upon  any  of  the  streets  or 
public  places  of  the  City  of  Plainfield  without  the  tag  provided  for 
by  this  ordinance,  as  well  as  any  dog  found  upon  any  of  the  streets 
or  public  places  of  said  city  not  confined  upon  a leash  as  provided 
for  by  this  ordinance,  during  the  time  that  any  order  issued  by 
the  Mayor,  as  hereinbefore  provfded,  shall  remain  in  force.  The  own- 
er, if  known,  of  any  dog  so  seized  and  impounded  shall  be  notified 
thereof  by  the  City  Clerk  as  soon  as  possible  thereafter.  The  said 
pound-keeper  and  any  person  specially  appointed  by  the  Mayor  as 
aforesaid,  shall  wear  a suitable  badge  to  be  provided  by  the  City 
Clerk  indicating  his  authority.  Any  person  authorized  to  seize 
any  such  dog  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  as  compensation  for  his 
services  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  for  each  dog  delivered  by  him  at  the 
pound,  to  be  paid  to  him  by  the  pound-keeper  who  shall  be  re-im- 
bursed  by  the  City.  Should  any  person  appointed  as  aforesaid  seize 
any  dog  other  than  such  as  is  without  a tag,  or  during  the  period 
within  which  dogs  are  required  to  be  confined  upon  a leash,  any  dog 
other  than  such  as  is  not  so  confined  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
a violation  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  10.  Every  dog  so  seized  and  impounded,  shall  be  kept, 
fed  and  kindly  treated  by  the  said  pound-keeper  for  a period  of  not 
less  than  seventy-two  hours  from  the  time  of  impounding,  and  the 
owner  or  person  entitled,  to  the  custody  of  any  dog  so  seized  and 
impounded  may  within  said  period  redeem  said  dog  upon  paying 
to  the  said  pound-keeper  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  twenty- 
four  (24)  hours  or  part  thereof  that  the  said  dog  is  so  impounded, 
one-half  of  which  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  said  pound-keeper, 
and  the  other  half  for  the  use  of  the  city.  No  dog  so  seized  and 
impounded  shall  be  redeemed  by  the  owner  thereof  or  released  by 
the  poundkeeper  unless  a proper  license  and  a tag  are  procured  for 
said  dog  previous  to  such  release. 

Sec.  11.  After  the  expiration  of  such  period  of  seventy-two 
hours  any  dog  remaining  in  the  pound  and  not  redeemed  shall  be 
killed  in  a humane  manner  by  the  said  pound-keeper.  For  every 
dog  received  by  the  pound-keeper  at  the  pound  and  subsequently 
killed,  the  pound-keeper  shall  receive  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  to  be 
paid  by  the  city.  The  pound-keeper  shall  also  receive  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  cents  per  day  for  each  unredeemed  dog  during  the  said 
period  of  seventy-two  hours. 

Sec.  12.  The  expense  of  furnishing  the  licenses  and  tags  here- 
in provided  for,  the  fees  paid  for  seizing  and  impounding  any  dog, 
the  expense  of  keeping  all  dogs  while  in  the  pound  and  the  fee 
paid  to  the  pound-keeper  for  each  dog  killed  shall  be  borne  and  paid 
by  the  City  and  shall  be  paid  out  of  its  general  fund.  All  sums 
received  for  licenses  and  tags,  and  one-half  of  the  amount  re- 


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C€ived  for  the  redemption  of  any  dog,  shall  belong  to  the  City  and 
shall  be  paid  into  its  general  fund.  Out  of  the  license  fees  received 
as  aforesaid  the  City  Clerk  shall  be  paid  the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents 
for  each  license  issued  by  him.  The  amounts  so  paid  and  received 
by  the  pound-keeper  shall  be  reported  by  him  in  writing  to  the  City 
Clerk  on  the  last  Friday  of  each  month,  which  said  report  shall  be 
presented  to  the  Common  Council  at  its  next  regular  meeting. 

Sec.  13.  The  word  “dog”  whenever  used  in  this  ordinance, 
shall  include  all  dogs,  male  and  female. 

Sec.  14.  Any  person  found  guilty  of  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall  upon  conviction  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence.  Conviction  for 
any  violation  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  be  a bar  to  prosecution 
for  any  other  or  further  violation  thereof,  and  a failure  to  com- 
ply with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  after  such  convic- 
tion shall  constitute  a new  violation  thereof  and  shall  be  punishable 
as  herein  provided. 

Sec.  15.  No  license  shall  be  required  for  any  dog  brought 
into  the  City  of  Plainfield  for  the  purpose  of  being  exhibited  at  a 
bench,  kennel  or  dog  show,  provided  such  dog  is  not  allowed  to 
leave  the  building  or  enclosure  where  exhibited  unless  in  the  cus- 
tody of  an  adult  person  and  confined  by  a leash  and  does  not  re- 
main within  the  City  limits  for  a period  exceeding  fifteen  days. 

Sec.  16.  An  ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  Concerning 
Dogs,”  approved  July  6,  1887,  and  the  various  amendments  thereof 
approved  respectively  June  1,  1891;  May  4,  1892;  January  3,  1895; 
and  September  1,  1898;  and  all  other  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordin- 
ances in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  May  3,  190  9.  Amended  by  ordinance  approved  June 
20,  1910. 


An  Ordinance  to  Guard  Against  Danger  of  Fire  and  Explosion  in  con- 
nection with  the  use  of  Illuminating  Gas  or  Fuel  Gas  in  Build- 
ings. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  all  pipes  more  than  one  and  one-quarter  in- 
ches in  diameter  used  for  the  supplying  of  illuminating  gas  or  fuel 
gas  to  buildings  hereafter  erected  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  shall  have 
a properly  installed  gas  cut-off  at  the  curb  line  of  the  streets  in  which 
such  pipes  are  or  shall  be  connected  with  gas  mains.  In  case  any  such 
building  is  supplied  through  two  or  more  pipes,  the  aggregate  ca- 
pacity of  which  exceeds  the  capacity  of  a pipe  one  and  one-quarter 


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inches  in  diameter,  each  of  the  pipes  supplying  such  building  shall 
have  such  cut-off  installed  as  herein  provided.  Any  person  who,  or 
corporation  which,  shall  lay  or  cause  to  be  laid  any  such  pipe  or 
pipes,  without  such  cut-off  or  cut-offs  at  the  curb  line,  shall  on  con- 
viction be  punished  by  a fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  offence. 

Sec.  2.  That  no  person  or  corporation  shall  supply  illuminat- 
ing gas  or  fuel  gas,  or  allow  the  same  to  be  supplied  to  any  build- 
ing hereafter  erected  in  the  City  of  Plainfield  through  pipes  more 
than  one  and  one-quarter  inches  in  diameter,  or  through  two  or  more 
pipes  the  aggregate  capacity  of  which  exceeds  that  of  a pipe  one  and 
one-quarter  inches  in  diameter,  without  having  a properly  installed 
gas  cut-off  for  each  of  such  pipes  at  the  curb  line  of  the  street  in 
which  such  pipes  are  or  shall  be  connected  with  gas  mains,  under  a 
penalty  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  fine  for  each  offence. 

Sec.  3.  That  all  gas  pipes  now  used  or  that  may  hereafter  be 
used  to  supply  illuminating  gas  or  fuel  gas  from  gas  mains  in 
streets  to  any  school  building,  church  building,  Sunday  school 
building,  hotel  building,  factory  building  or  any  building  containing 
a theatre,  public  assembly  room,  music  hall  or  concert  hall,  whether 
such  building  be  now  erected  or  shall  be  erected  hereafter,  and 
whatever  may  be  the  size  of  such  gas  pipes,  shall  be  furnished  with 
a gas  cut-off  properly  installed  at  the  curb  line  of  the  streets  adjacent 
to  such  buildings  in  which  such  gas  pipes  are  or  may  hereafter  be 
connected  with  gas  mains. 

Sec.  4.  That  on  or  after  the  first  day  of  September  in  the  year 
nineteen  hundred  and  nine  no  person  or  corporation  shall  supply 
illuminating  ga«  or  fue^  gas,  or  allow  the  same  to  be  supplied  to 
buildings  specified  in  section  3 of  this  ordinance,  whether  such 
buildings  be  now  erected  or  shall  be  erected  hereafter  in  the  City 
of  Plainfield,  and  whatever  may  be  the  size  of  such  gas  pipes,  unless 
gas  cut-offs  shall  be  first  installed  at  the  curb  line  as  provided  in 
said  section  3 of  this  ordinance  under  a penalty  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offence. 

Approved  August  2,  1909. 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  the  Assessment  and  Collection  of  Taxes 
in  the  City  of  Plainfield. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  all  taxes  shall  be  payable  as  soon  as  the  tax 
duplicate  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Collector;  that  where  any  taxes 
shall  not  be  paid  on  or  before  the  twentieth  day  of  December  fol- 


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lowing  their  assessment,  interest  thereon  from  and  after  that  date 
shall  be  added  at  ten  per  centum  per  annum;  that  the  Commission- 
ers of  Appeal  in  cases  of  taxation*  in  said  City  shall  meet  on  the 
Fourth  Tuesday  of  November  annually,  and  shall  give  at  least  eight 
days’  notice  of  such  meeting  in  writing  set  up  at  six  or  more  of  the 
most  public  places  in  said  City,  or  advertised  in  the  official  newspa- 
pers of  said  City,  and  may  adjourn  from  day  to  day  until  they  have 
completed  their  work;  that  all  city  officers  charged  with  any  duty 
with  respect  to  the  assessment  or  collection  of  taxes  shall  promptly 
perform  the  duties  severally  devolving  upon  them  in  respect  thereto, 
in  strict  conformity  with  the  Act  entitled  “An  Act  for  the  assess- 
ment and  collection  of  taxes,”  approved  April  8th,  1903,  and  acts 
amendatory  thereof  and  supplemental  thereto,  and  other  general 
statutes  applicable  to  said  City;  and  that  all  ordinances  and  parts 
of  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  October  24,  1905. 


An  Ordinance  to  License,  Regulate  and  Prohibit  Shows  and  Exhi- 
bitions. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 
do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  no  person  or  corporation  shall,  for  any  price, 
gain,  or  reward,  exhibit  or  cause  to  be  exhibited  in  the  City  of 
Plainfield  any  traveling  or  other  show,  circus  or  menagerie,  or  give 
or  have  or  cause  to  be  given  or  had  any  theatrical  or  variety  per- 
formance or  play,  concert  or  other  entertainment,  or  have  to  make, 
or  cause  to  be  had  or  made,  any  exhibition  of  whatsoever  nature,  or 
maintain  or  conduct  or  cause  to  be  maintained  or  conducted  any 
theatre,  opera  house,  music  hall,  or  other  place  of  public  entertain- 
ment, without  first  obtaining  a license  therefor,  to  be  granted  by  the 
Mayor,  as  herein  prescribed;  provided,  however,  that  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  a concert  or  entertainment  given 
for  charitable  or  benevolent  purposes. 

Sec.  2.  That  no  owner,  occupant  or  other  person  or  persons 
having  the  possession  or  care  of  any  house,  building  or  room  or  any 
lot  of  land  within  the  City  of  Plainfield,  shall  suffer  or  permit  any 
such  traveling  or  other  show,  circus  or  menagerie,  theatrical  or 
variety  performance  or  play,  concert  or  other  entertainment,  or  any 
exhibition  of  whatsoever  nature  such  as  are  mentioned  in  the  pre- 
ceding section  of  this  ordinance,  to  be  exhibited,  acted,  shown  forth 
or  performed  for  any  price,  gain  or  reward,  in  or  upon  his,  her  or 


* See  P.  L.  1906,  p.  210,  County  Board  of  Taxation  takes  the  place  of  Com- 
missioners of  Appeal. 


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their  said  house,  building  or  room  or  lot  of  land,  unless  the  party 
or  parties  so  causing  such  traveling  or  other  show,  circus  or  men- 
agerie, theatrical  or  variety  performance  or  play,  concert  or  other 
entertainment,  or  any  exhibition  of  whatsoever  nature  as  aforesaid, 
shall  first  obtain  such  license  in  the  manner  herein  prescribed. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  license  fees  to  be  charged  for  such  licenses 
respectively  shall  be  as  follows,  to  wit: 

For  a license  for  a circus  with  or  without  a menagerie  the  sum 
of  not  exceeding  Two  Hundred  Dollars  for  each  day; 

For  a license  for  a concert  the  sum  of  not  exceeding  Ten  Dol- 
lars for  each  concert; 

For  a license  for  a theatre,  opera  house,  or  music  hall,  the  sum 
of  One  Hundred  Dollars  a year;  and  for  a license  for  any  other 
place  or  public  entertainment,  the  sum  of  not  exceeding  Twenty-five 
Dollars  a year;  and  each  such  license  for  a theatre,  opera  house, 
music  hall,  or  other  place  of  public  entertainment,  shall  expire  on 
the  first  day  of  January  following  the  date  of  the  granting  of  such 
license; 

For  any  moving  picture  show  or  entertainment,  the  sum  of 
not  exceeding  Ten  Dollars  for  each  day; 

For  any  exhibition  or  entertainment  for  which  the  amount  of 
the  license  fee  is  not  herein  specifically  fixed,  the  fee  to  be  charged 
for  such  license  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  Twenty-five  Dollars  for 
'^ach  such  exhibition  or  entertainment. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  Mayor  shall  have  the  authority  to  determine 
the  amount  of  any  license  fee  within  the  limits  aforesaid,  and  to 
decide  whether  a license  is  required  under  the  terms  of  the  preced- 
ing section  when  there  is  doubt  upon  application,  and  also  authority 
to  grant  or  withhold  a license.  Upon  the  Mayor  deciding  to  grant 
any  license,  and  the  payment  of  the  license  fee  to  the  Treasurer  of 
the  City  of  Plainfield  or  the  Chief  of  Police,  and  the  production  of 
his  receipt  therefor  to  the  Mayor,  there  shall  be  given  to  the  appli- 
cant a license  which  shall  state  the  name  of  the  person  licensed  and 
the  purpose  and  length  of  time  or  number  of  exhibitions  or  enter- 
tainments for  which  the  license  is  granted.  The  Mayor  shall  also 
have  authority  to  revoke  any  such  license  upon  proof  to  his  satis- 
faction after  reasonable  notice  to  the  person  or  corporation  holding 
such  license  and  reasonable  opportunity  for  him  or  it  to  be  heard, 
that  such  licensed  person  or  corporation,  or  any  person  acting  on 
his  or  its  behalf  has  given  or  caused  to  be  given  any  exhibition  of 
any  nature  whatever  of  an  immoral  nature  or  tendency,  or  in  vio- 
lation of  any  law  of  the  State  or  any  ordinance  of  the  City,  and  after 
such  revocation  such  person  or  corporation  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
not  licensed  and  be  and  remain  liable  under  this  ordinance  in  the 
same  manner  as  if  such  license  had  never  been  granted. 


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Sec.  5.  No  moving  picture  show  shall  be  given  at  any  time 
or  in  any  place  within  the  said  City  without  the  written  permission 
first  obtained  by  the  Mayor,  in  which  shall  be  set  forth  the  time 
and  place  at  which  such  moving  picture  show  may  be  given. 

Sec.  6.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  on  conviction  be  subject  to  a 
fine  not  exceeding  One  Hundred  Dollars  or  imprisonment  not  ex- 
ceeding sixty  days  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  7.  That  the  ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  relating  to 
shows  and  exhibitions,”  approved  July  9,  1869;  the  ordinance  to 
amend  said  ordinance,  approved  November  10,  1884;  the  ordinance 
entitled  “An  Ordinance  to  license,  regulate  and  prohibit  shows  and 
exhibitions,”  approved  December  8,  1897;  the  ordinance  entitled 
“A  Supplement  to  an  ordinance  entitled  ‘An  Ordinance  to  license, 
regulate  and  prohibit  shows  and  exhibitions,’  approved  December  8, 
1897,”  approved  July  12,  1898;  and  all  other  ordinances  and  parts 
of  ordinances  which  conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  July  19,  1910. 


An  Ordinance  to  Authorize  the  Issuing  of  Municipal  Bonds  for  the 
Purpose  of  Obtaining  Money  from  the  sale  thereof  for  the 
Permanent  Improvement  of  Streets  and  Highways  of  the  City 
of  Plainfield,  Pursuant  to  Chapter  200  of  the  Laws  of  1898, 
During  the  A"ear  1910.  ^ 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Coun- 
cil, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  money  from  the 
sale  thereof  for  the  permanent  improvement  of  the  streets  and 
highways  of  said  City  during  the  calendar  year  1910  with  perma- 
nent and  durable  material  of  a kind  to  be  determined  in  each  in- 
stance by  the  Common  Council  before  the  work  is  commenced,  to 
an  amount  not  exceeding  fifteen  dollars  per  capita  for  each  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  said  City  according  to  the  last  official  census,  but  not 
for  more  than  the  amount  limited  by  law,  the  Common  Council  of 
said  City  do  hereby,  pursuant  to  the  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  said 
State  entitled  “An  Act  to  authorize  the  improvement  of  streets  and 
highways  in  cities  of  this  State,  and  to  provide  for  the  payment 
of  the  expense  of  the  same,  and  for  the  assessment  of  the  benefits 
of  such  improvement  upon  the  land  and  real  estate  benefitted  there- 
by,” and  acts  amendatory  thereof  and  supplemental  thereto,  author- 
ize the  issuing  of  thirty  coupon  municipal  bonds  of  the  City  of 
Plainfield  of  One  Thousand  Dollars  ($1,000)  each,  and  amounting 


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in  all  to  Thirty  Thousand  Dollars  ($30,000),  which  bonds  shall  be 
dated  July  1st,  1910,  and  shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  five  per 
centum  (5  per  cent.)  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  and  be  pay- 
able three  years  from  the  date  thereof,  with  the  option  to  the  City 
to  redeem  or  pay  off  the  said  bonds,  or  any  one  or  more  of  them, 
at  any  time  after  one  year  from  the  date  thereof  and  before  three 
years  from  date  thereof,  on  giving  personal  notice  to  said  holders 
of  said  bonds  or  thirty  (30)  days’  notice  by  advertisement  in  the 
official  newspapers  of  the  City  of  the  intention  to  make  such  re- 
demption or  payment,  which  bonds  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor 
and  bear  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  and  be  attested  by  the  City 
Clerk,  and  may  severally  or  collectively  when  ordered  by  resolu- 
tion of  the  Common  Council  be  sold  for  an  amount  not  less  than 
par  value;  and  there  shall  be  raised  by  tax  in  each  year  hereafter 
such  sum  of  money  as  may  be  necessary  to  pay  the  interest  on  all 
outstanding  bonds  and  the  principal  of  such  bonds  as  may  mature 
during  that  year,  and  the  money  derived  from  the  assessments  upon 
the  property  benefitted  shall  when  collected  be  held  as  a fund 
toward  the  payment  of  said  bonds. 

Sec.  2.  That  before  any  improvement  shall  be  authorized  pur- 
suant to  the  Act  of  the  Legislature  referred  to  in  Section  1,  it  shall 
be  necessary  to  enact  an  ordinance  designating  the  street  or  streets 
or  parts  thereof  to  be  improved,  together  with  the  kind  of  pavement 
proposed  to  improve  them,  and  all  work  shall  be  given  out  upon 
contract  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  and  only  after  bids  there- 
for have  been  solicited  and  received,  the  Common  Council  to  have 
the  right  to  reject  any  and  all  of  such  bids. 

Sec.  3.  That  streets  of  parts  of  streets  to  be  improved  with 
durable  macadam  pavement  shall  be  so  improved  in  accordance  with 
the  following  specifications,  that  is  to  say,  durable  macadam  pave- 
ment with  bituminous  binder,  shall  be  laid  to  a depth  running  from 
six  (6)  inches  in  the  center  to  four  (4)  inches  at  the  side,  as  shown 
on  plan  entitled  “Plan  showing  standard  cross-sections  of  streets 
of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk 
April  30,  1910,”  said  macadam  pavement  to  be  in  every  respect 
equal  to  the  macadam  with  bituminous  binder  on  Union  Street  be- 
tween Arlington  Avenue  and  Stelle  Avenue  in  said  City.  The  or- 
dinance specially  designating  said  streets  or  parts  of  streets  shall 
also  designate  in  each  instance  the  width  to  which  said  macadam 
shall  be  laid. 

Sec.  4.  That  after  said  improvements  shall  have  been  com- 
pleted, the  Common  Council  shall,  pursuant  to  the  statute  in  such 
case  made  and  provided,  apply  to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of 
the  County  of  Union  for  the  appointment  of  Commissioners  to  esti- 
mate and  assess  benefits  upon  the  owners  of  the  lots  or  parcels 


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of  land  and  real  estate  peculiarly  benefitted  by  such  improvements, 
in  proportion,  as  near  as  may  be,  to  an  amount  equal  to  the  amount 
of  benefits  actually  acquired  by  the  lands  and  real  estate  bordering 
on  said  streets  or  portions  thereof  respectively,  by  reason  of  such 
improvements  respectively;  and  in  case  the  costs  and  expenses  afore- 
said shall  exceed  the  amount  of  said  benefits,  the  excess  thereof 
shall  be  paid  by  the  City  at  large  and  raised  by  general  tax;  no 
property  or  owner  thereof  to  be  in  any  case  assessed  beyond  the 
amount  of  benefit  actually  derived  from  said  improvements. 

Approved  .June  7,  1910. 


An  Ordinance  Concerning  Street  Railway  Companies,  Their  Cars, 
Motors,  Roadbed,  Tracks,  Wires  and  Appurtenances. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Plainfield,  by  their  Common  Council, 

do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  street  railway  companies 
operating  one  or  more  lines  of  street  railway  within  the  limits  of 
the  City  of  Plainfield  to  maintain  their  roadbed,  tracks,  wires  and 
appurtenances  occupying  or  being  upon  or  over  any  portion  of  any 
street  or  public  highway  in  the  City  of  Plainfield,  in  good  condition 
and  repair,  and  to  repair  any  defects  which  may  be  found  to  exist 
therein  within  ten  days  after  such  defects  would  by  the  exercise  of 
reasonable  care  and  inspection  have  become  apparent.  Any  such 
company  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  on  con- 
viction be  punished  by  a fine  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense, 
and  every  day  any  such  defect  shall  continue  after  written  complaint 
made  to  the  City  Judge  under  this  section  shall  constitute  a new 
offence. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Street  Commissioner  of  said 
City  to'  examine  the  tracks  and  overhead  equipment  of  all  street 
railway  companies  in  any  of  the  public  streets  of  said  city  at  least 
once  in  every  three  months,  and  to  report  forthwith  to  the  Mayor 
any  defects  which  may  be  found  to  exist  therein.  Upon  receipt  of 
any  such  report,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  give  written 
notice  to  the  company  affected  thereby,  requiring  it  forthwith  to  re- 
pair such  defect  or  defects,  which  notice  may  be  served  by  the  Mayor 
or  Chief  of  Police  or  any  regular  police  oflicer  upon  any  officer  or 
agent  of  said  company,  and  a copy  thereof  shall  on  the  same  day 
be  sent  by  registered  mail,  postage  prepaid,  to  said  company  at  its 
principal  office  in  this  State.  Any  such  company  refusing,  failing 
or  neglecting  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  any  notice  herein 
authorized,  for  a period  of  thirty  days  after  the  date  of  service  and 
mailing  thereof  as  aforesaid  shall  on  conviction  be  liable  to  a fine 


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of  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  such  defects  shall  continue 
after  the  expiration  of  said  period. 

Sec.  3.  No  car  shall  be  used  or  operated  upon  any  of  the  streets 
of  said  City  as  a street  railway  car,  the  wheels  of  which  shall  be  flat- 
tened either  in  one  or  more  places,  so  as  to  cause  in  the  ordinary 
operation  of  the  car  either  loud  and  unnecessary  noise  or  unneces- 
sary jar  on  account  of  such  flattening,  and  such  car  or  cars  may  be 
ordered  off  the  tracks  by  the  Mayor  forthwith  until  the  needed  re- 
pairs shall  be  made. 

Sec.  4.  No  car  shall  be  used  or  operated  upon  any  of  the 
streets  of  said  City  as  a street  railway  car  by  a motor  or  motors  of 
such  defective  construction  or  in  such  defective  condition  as  to  pro- 
duce loud  and  unnecessary  noise  or  unnecessary  jar  in  the  ordinary 
operation  of  such  car,  and  any  car  operated  by  such  motor  or  mo- 
tors may  be  ordered  off  the  tracks  by  the  Mayor  forthwith  until  the 
defective  condition  of  such  motor  or  motors  shall  be  remedied. 

Sec.  5.  Every  order  given  by  the  Mayor  under  sections  3 or  4 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  writing  directed  to  the  company  oper- 
ating such  car,  and  shall  specify  the  number  of  the  car  and  the 
character  of  the  defects  to  be  remedied.  Said  order  may  be  served 
by  the  Mayor  or  Chief  of  Police  or  any  regular  policeman  upon  any 
officer  or  agent  of  said  company,  and  a copy  of  said  order  shall  on 
the  same  day  be  sent  by  registered  mail,  postage  prepaid,  addressed 
to  said  company  at  its  principal  office  in  this  State. 

Sec.  6.  Any  street  railway  company  which  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  sections  3 or  4 of  this  ordinance,  or  refuse,  fail  or 
neglect  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  any  order  provided  for 
by  said  sections  of  this  ordinance  shall  on  conviction  be  liable  to 
a fine  of  fifty  dollars  for  each  offence,  and  each  day’s  violation  of 
any  of  the  provisions  of  said  sections  of  this  ordinance  or  of  any 
order  given  as  directed  in  said  sections  of  this  ordinance  shall  con- 
stitute a new  offence. 


Approved  Nov.  14,  1911. 


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Section. 

N.  B. — The  references  are  to  the  sections. 

ACTIONS — for  violations  of  ordinances,  before  whom  to  be  tried  18 
In  whose  name  to  be  brought  and  prosecuted 37 

ALLEYS  14 

ALMSHOUSE — establishment  and  maintenance  of 14 

AMENDMENTS — of  Charter  provided  for 66,  67 

ANIMALS  14 

ANNUAL  ELECTION — time  and  place 2 

APPEAL — Commissioners  of,  how  many  and  when  chosen.  ...  2 

What  powers  to  possess 12,  15 

When  to  meet 35 

From  Award  of  Street  Commissioners 41 

ARRESTS — may  be  made  by  police 36 

Persons,  arrested,  where  to  be  confined  and  tried 36 

ASSESSMENT — when  to  be  a lien 48,  55,  56,  59 

Payment  of,  when  may  be  sued  for 42,  48,  56 

When  to  be  conclusive  evidence  for  plaintiff 42,  43,  48 

For  streets,  how  to  be  recovered  when  not  paid  by  owner.  . 43 

Sale  for  non-payment  of 44 

Proceedings  for  non-payment  of,  when  to  be 

taken  42,  45,  46,  47 

How  to  be  levied  and  collected 59,  60,  61 

ASSESSOR,  CITY — when  to  be  chosen 2 

What  oath  to  take 8 

What  powers  to  possess  and  duties  to  perform.  . . .12,  15,  34 

To  assess  taxes 17,  34 

To  continue  in  office — page  35. 

Time  for  assessment  of  taxes — sec.  4,  page  29. 

BOARD  OF  HEALTH 14 

BONDS — or  recognizance  may  be  made 22 

On  Certiorari 24 

BOUNDARIES — of  City,  defined — page  35,  and 1 

BY-LAWS — how  to  be  enacted,  passed,  altered  or  repealed. 


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Section. 

CATTLE — running  at  large,  how  to  be  regulated 14 

CERTIFICATE — of  sales  for  assessments 45,  46,  47 

Redemption  from  assessment  sales 46,  47,  55 

CERTIORARI — fees  for  writ  of 23 

Conviction  reviewed  by  sec.  2,  page  31. 

How  granted 24 

How  made — sec.  10,  page  30. 

Costs  on  writ  of 25 

CHARTER — when  to  take  effect 68 

A public  act 66 

When  adopted 68 

Amendments  of,  when  to  be  submitted  to  the  people 66 

CHIMNEYS — right  to  regulate 14 

CHOSEN  FREEHOLDERS 2 

CITY  BOUNDARIES — page  35. 

CITY  CLERK — how  appointed 5 

To  give  notice  of  annual  election 2 

Before  whom  to  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  of  office 8 

To  file  and  preserve  all  official  oaths 8 

To  attend  meetings  of  Common  Council 12 

To  keep  and  record  minutes  of  Common  Council 12 

To  record  ordinances  of  Common  Council 12 

To  attest  ordinances  and  present  to  Mayor 29 

To  receive  and  file  remonstrances  against  street  openings.  . 39 

To  record  Certificates  and  Assignments  of  sale 47 

To  give  Certificates  of  Search  in  relation  thereto 47 

To  cancel  such  Certificates 47 

CITY  COURT — place  of  holding,  sec.  8,  page  30. 

Name  and  seal — sec.  7,  page  32. 

CITY  HALL  AND  JAIL — may  be  erected 14 

CITY  JUDGE — oath,  duties,  &c 2,  8,  9,  18,  19,  21 

Qualifications  and  salary 20 

His  Court — Sec.  8,  page  30. 

Term  of  service — Sec.  8,  page  30. 

May  commit  to  jail — Sec.  9,  page  30. 

Rights  and  powers  of — Secs.  6 and  8,  pages  29  and  30. 

CITY  OFFICERS — how  elected,  appointed,  removed 2,  5 

CITY  TAXES — amount  and  manner  of  assessing 17,  34 

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187 
Section. 

COLLECTOR,  CITY — when  chosen,  and  power  of 2,  12,  15 

To  take  oath  of  office 8 

To  execute  bond 11 

When  and  how  to  collect  taxes 34 

To  continue  in  office — page  35 

COMMISSIONERS  OF  APPEAL 2,  12,  15 

To  take  oath  of  office 8 

When  to  meet,  what  notice  of  meeting  to  give 35 

COMMISSIONERS — for  estimating  damages,  etc.,  by  street 

openings 39 

Who  to  be  and  how  appointed 40,  43 

Report  of  what  to  contain 41,  43 

To  take  oath 40 

W^hen  to  meet 41 

May  examine  witnesses 41 

To  file  with  City  Clerk  estimates  and  assessments 41 

When  estimates,  etc.,  to  be  conclusive, 41,  43 

Shall  ascertain  incidental  expenses,  etc. — Sec.  11,  page  33. 
Appeal  from  decision  of 41 

COMMON  COUNCIL— when  chosen,  and  how  long  to  serve.  ...  2 

Qualifications  of  members 6 

When  to  assemble,  and  for  what  purpose,  after  election.  .7,  28 

Power  of  a majority  to  hold  meetings 7 

Special  meeting  of,  how  called 7 

Majority  necessary  to  pass  ordinances 7 

Meetings  to  be  open 33 

What  officers  to  appoint 5 

Not  to  receive  compensation  for  official  duties 32 

Wxien  and  what  vacancies  to  fill 10 

Power  to  pass  Ordinances — Secs.  2,  3,  page  31,  and 7,  14 

To  fix  compensation  of  City  Officers 32 

How  to  pass  Ordinance  when  returned  by  Mayor 29 

To  approve  bond  of  City  Treasurer  and  Collector 11 

To  direct  to  what  magistrate  the  names  of  delinquent  tax- 
payers shall  be  returned 34 

May  order  assessments  for  current  expenses 17,  26 

Taxes,  when  collected,  to  be  subject  to  order  of 17 

What  proceedings  to  take  for  raising  additional  money,  . . 2 6 

When  and  to  what  extent  may  borrow  money,  etc 2 7 

Power  of,  to  regulate  sale  of  liquor 30 

Majority  necessary  to  grant  liquor  licenses 30 

May  establish  Ordinances  respecting  streets  and  sidewalks.  54 
How  to  proceed  if  owners  fail  to  comply  with  Ordinances.  . 55 

When  may  order  streets  to  be  paved  by  the  city 55- 


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Section. 

When  to  cause  paving  to  be  done  in  accordance  with  re- 
quest of  property  owners 65 

May  make  and  impose  fines 18,  21,  54 

May  order  publication  of  Ordinances,  etc.,  in  volume 37 

What  power  may  delegate  to  Mayor 31 

Meeting  to  organize — Sec.  3,  page  29. 

May  reinstate  proceedings  when  set  aside  by  informality 
or  illegality — page  34. 

Complaints,  how  brought 37 

CONSTABLE 15,  22 

CONVICTION  OF  CRIME — reward  for, — Sec.  2,  page  31. 

CORPORATE  NAME  OF  CITY 1 

CROSS-WALKS — how  to  be  regulated,  laid,  and  paid  for.  . .14,  58 

CURRENT  EXPENSES — how  provided  for 17 

DAMAGES — for  street  openings,  how  to  be  estimated,  etc., 

39,  40,  41 

How  collected 39  to  4 5 

How  to  be  ascertained,  etc 43,  51 

DEMAND — for  payment  of  assessments  when  necessary  43,  44,  45 

When  unnecessary 52 

DISORDERLY  HOUSE 14 

DOGS 14 

ELECTIONS — General  provisions  respecting,  2,  3,  6,  12,  14,  26 

EVIDENCE — what  to  be 56 

Who  competent  to  give 38 

Remonstrance  filed,  to  be  sufficient  evidence 39 

Award  of  Commissioners,  when  to  be  conclusive  evidence.  . 42 

Declaration  of  sales,  when  to  be  presumptive  evidence.  ...  46 

Assessment,  when  to  be  conclusive  evidence  for  plaintiff.  . 48 

Treasurer’s  certificate  evidence  of  redemption 55 

FARM  LAND — how  to  be  valued  and  taxed 34 

FAST  DRIVING — may  be  regulated 14 

FEES — for  return  of  writ  of  certiorari 23 

For  city  officers  how  granted 32 

FINES  AND  PENALTIES — may  be  prescribed  by  Counsel.  . . 18,  21 

For  violation  of  Ordinances — Secs,  1,  9,  pages  29,  30. 

Full  extent  of, — Sec.  3,  page  31. 

FIRE  ENGINE  COMPANIES — how  to  be  regulated 14 

GAMING — and  Disorderly  Houses 14 

GAS  PIPES 14 


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189 
Section. 

GENERAL  ISSUE 38 

GRADE  OF  STREETS — how  to  be  regulated 14 

GUN  POWDER — and  other  dangerous  material 14 

HEALTH — Board  of 14 

HIGHWAYS  14,  39,  43,  49,  53 

HOSPITAL  14 

HOUSES — Gaming  and  Disorderly 14 

IMMORALITY — how  to  be  suppressed 14 

INTERSECTIONS  OF  STREETS — to  be  graded,  etc 61 

JAIL — City 14 

How  long  imprisoned  in 36 

County,  who  may  he  sent  to 18 

JANITOR — how  appointed — Sec.  1,  page  30  and 5 

JUDGES  OF  ELECTION — how  many,  when  chosen,  and  duties.  2 
To  take  oath  of  office 8 

JUDGMENT — not  to  be  reversed  for  defects  in  form — Sec.  3,  page  31 

JUROR — no  person  incompetent  to  act  as 38 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE 2,  15 

JURY  TRIAL 18,  21 

LAMPS — injuries  to,  how  punished — Sec.  2,  page  31.. 

LICENSE — for  sale  of  liquors 30 

Money  derived  from,  to  whom  paid 30 

Majority  of  Common  Council  necessary  to  grant 30 

For  circuses  and  exhibitions 31 

LIGHTING  STREETS 14 

LIEN,  ASSESSMENTS — when  to  be  liens  on  property  of  persons 

and  corporations .....48,  55,  56,  59 

MAPS — of  streets  and  avenues 14 

MAYOR — who  qualified  to  be,  and  act  as 6,  9 

When  and  for  what  time  to  be  elected 2 

To  take  oath  of  office 8 

Compensation  of 32 

When  and  to  whom  to  administer  oath 8 

For  what  purposes  to  be  Justice  of  the  Peace 4 

What  Licenses  to  grant 4,  31 

To  sign  declaration  of  sale,  etc 46 


190  INDEX  TO  CHARTER 

Section. 

When  may  issue  warrant 43 

General  power  of 4,  18,  36 

To  approve  Ordinances 29 

May  veto  Ordinances 29 

To  appoint  certain  officers — Sec.  1,  page  30. 

His  signature  necessary  on  city  contracts — Sec.  1,  page  30. 

MEASURES  AND  WEIGHTS 14 

MONEYS — for  City  purposes  how  raised 17,  26 

Borrowed  in  anticipation  of  taxes 27 

Purchase,  when  to  be  refunded 45 

Surplus,  when  to  be  paid  to  owner  of  property 55 

When  Common  Council  may  borrow 27 

Derived  from  Licenses  to  be  for  use  of  the  City •.  . . 30,  31 

MONEY  ELECTIONS — for  raising  extra  amount 26 

NEWSPAPERS — to  publish  Ordinances,  etc 13,  26,  29 


NOTICE — to  be  given  of  meeting  of  Commissioners  of  Appeal.  . 35 

To  be  given  of  intention  to  take  land  for  public  purposes  39,  50 

To  be  given  of  intended  adoption  of  Ordinances,  etc.  . . .29,  54 

How  to  be  given  and  what  to  contain  of  meeting  of  Com- 


missioners appointed  to  assess  damages,  etc 41 

Personal  notice  to  pay  assessment 43,  44,  52,  55 

What  required  of  Ordinance  to  pave  streets  or  sidewalks.  . . 54 

NUISANCES — in  streets 14 

How  abated — Sec.  2,  page  31. 

OATHS,  OFFICIAL — who  to  take,  and  before  whom 8 

When  to  be  taken — Sec.  2,  page  29. 

OBSTRUCTIONS  OF  STREETS,  ETC — how  to  be  regulated  14 

OFFENSES — against  City  Ordinances,  how  to  be  punished.  ...  18 

OFFICE — Who  may  hold 6 

OFFICERS,  CITY — how  compensated 32 

How  appointed — Sec.  1,  page  30. 

ORDINANCES — lawful  for  the  Common  Council  to  enact.  .....  14 

When  of  legal  effect 7 

Enacting  clause  of 16 

Violation  of,  before  whom  to  be  tried — Sec.  7,  page  32. 

When  to  become  a law  if  not  approved  by  the  Mayor 29 

To  be  attested  by  City  Clerk,  and  published  before  taking 

effect 29 

How  and  when  to  be  enforced  for  paving  sidewalks 54 

Fine  for  violation  of ^ 18,  21 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER 


191 
Section. 

Notice  of  intended  adoption  of — Sec.  5,  page  29  and.  . .29,  54 

Reward  for  conviction  of  violating — Sec.  2,  page  31. 
Imprisonment — for  violation  of  Secs.  1,  9,  pages  29,  30  and  18 
'OVERSEER  OF  POOR 5,  15 

PAVING  STREETS,  ETC. — expense  of,  how  to  be  assessed.  .14,  60 

Cross-walks 14 

Street  intersections 61 

By  owners  to  be  under  superintendence  of  Common  Council  54 

When  City  may  pave 55 

Ordinance  for,  how  to  be  enforced 55,  56 

PENALTIES — for  violating  City  Ordinances 18,  21 

Extreme,  for  violation  of  Ordinances — Sec.  3,  page  31. 

PEACE  PRESERVING 14 

PIPES,  WATER,  GAS,  ETC 14 

PLAINFIELD  TOWNSHIP — abolished — page  35,  sec.  2. 

PLEADING — general  issue 38 

POLICE — by  whom  to  be  appointed,  etc 5,  14 

To  execute  process  for  violation  of  City  ordinances.  . . .18,  22 

When  to  execute  warrant  for  non-payment  of  taxes 34 

To  execute  process  of  the  Mayor  or  City  Judge 18,  22 

When  may  arrest  and  where  confine  without  warrant 36 

POLLS — time  of  opening,  etc 3 

POOR — care  of  the 14 

POOR  FUND — how  provided 17 

PRESIDENT — of  Council,  when  to  act  as  Mayor 9 

PROCESS — for  violation  of  ordinances 21 

PUBLIC  ACTS — Charter  and  Amendments  thereto,  to  be 66 

PUBLIC  POUNDS .' 14 

PUNISHMENT — for  violation  of  City  Ordinances 18 

POWER — general,  of  officers 15 

RAILROADS — obstruction  by 14 

When  to  be  assessed  for  street  alterations,  etc 62 

REAL  ESTATE — to  be  assessed 14,  17,  26,  35 

RECOGNIZANCE 22 

REDEMPTION — from  assessment  sales,  who  may  redeem,  etc.  4 5 


192  INDEX  TO  CHARTER 

Section. 

REMONSTRANCE — what  to  be  evidence  of 39 

Against  paving  or  improving  streets.  , 64,  65 

Against  opening,  altering,  etc.,  streets 39 

RESOLUTION — suiRcient,  after  Ordinance  is  adopte’d 63 

RIOTS,  ETC 14 

RIDING  FAST 14 

ROADS  14 

REWARDS — for  conviction — Sec.  2,  page  31. 

SALES  ASSESSMENT — redemption  from,  how  made 45,  55 

SALE — declaration  of  what  to  contain,  who  to  execute  it.  . .46,  55 

When  execution  of  to  be  postponed 4 6 

Property,  when  and  how  to  be  sold  for  non-payment  of 
assessments 43,  44,  45,  46,  52 

SALOONS — licensing  of 14 

SEAL  OF  CITY: 

To  be  affixed  to  warrants  to  levy  by  distress,  etc 43 

To  be  affixed  to  Declaration  of  Sale 44,  46,  55 

SEAL  OF  CITY  JUDGE — necessary  on  process — Sec.  7,  page  32. 

SEWERS,  ETC 14 

What  to  pay  for 60 

SHOWS,  ETC. — to  be  licensed 31 

SIDEWALKS^Ordinances  respecting,  how  to  be  enforced 54 

How  regulated 14 

When  to  be  paved,  payment  therefor,  how  enforced.  . . .55,  56 

SNOW,  ETC. — on  sidewalks 14 

SPECIAL  MEETINGS — of  Common  Council,  how  called 7 

STREETS — how  to  be  regulated 14 

Improvements  in,  how  to  be  paid  for 14 

Opening,  how  opposed ‘ 41 

Obstructions,  how  prevented 14 

When  considered  public 49,  53 

Proceedings  for  laying  out,  opening,  etc 39  to  56 

When  paving  may  be  contracted  for  by  property  owners.  . . 64 

When  Common  Council  may  make  such  contract 64 

When  improvements  of,  to  be  in  accordance  with  request  of 
owners  fronting  thereon 65 

Intersection  of,  at  whose  expense  to  be  graded  and  paved 61 

Proceedings  for  opening 39  to  56 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER 


193 
Section. 

STREET  COMMISSIONER — to  be  appointed 5,  6 

To  take  oath  of  office 8 

Duties  of,  by  whom  to  be  prescribed 12 

Summons,  may  be  issued 21 

SURVEY  for  Roads,  etc 14 

TAVERNS,  ETC — to  be  licensed,  (see  Licenses) 14 

TAXES — amount  of,  how  and  when  assessed  and  collected, 

14,  17,  26 

Appeal  from  taxation 35 

What  real  estate  may  be  taxed 34 

TENANT — when  may  pave  street  or  sidewalk 57 

TENDER — when  to  be  made 41 

TOWNSHIP  OF  PLAINFIELD — abolished — page  35,  sec.  2. 
TRADES 14 

TREASURER,  CITY — when  to  be  chosen  and  duty  of 2,  13 

To  take  oath  of  office 8 

What  bond  to  execute  and  how  approved 11 

What  actions  to  be  brought  in  name  of 37 

By  whom  duties  of  to  be  prescribed 12 

To  make  annual  report  and  have  printed 13 

TREES — to  be  protected 14 

TRIAL  BY  JURY — when  to  have 18,  21 

VACANCY  in  elective  office — how  filled 10 

In  office  of  Mayor 9 

VAGRANTS 14 

VETO,  MAYOR’S 29 

VIOLATION  of  City  Ordinances — how  punished 18,  21 

VOTERS — who  qualified  to  be 6 

VICE — suppression  of 14 

WARRANT — when  and  by  whom  to  be  issued 21 

What  to  show 21 

For  collection  of  taxes 34 

When  police  may  arrest  without 36 

When  may  issue  for  non-payment  of  assessment 43 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES 14 

WITNESSES 38 

WORK-HOUSE 14 


Index  to  Ordinances 


Section.  Page. 


ACCIDENTS — An  ordinance  for  erection  of  barriers  to 

prevent 106 

ALARMS  OF  FIRE — False  alarm,  penalty  for 5 60 

Breaking  or  injuring  alarm  box 14  62 

Create  or  continue  false 23  93 

ANIMALS — Not  to  be  tethered  in  public  places 16  62 

Feeding  on  streets  prohibited 17  63 

Police  to  take  charge  of,  running  loose ^18  63 

Horses  not  to  be  left  untied 24  63 

Not  to  be  tied  to  trees 4 65 

Dogs  to  be  licensed  and  tagged 1 173 

APPOINTABLE  OFFICERS — An  Ordinance  to  regu- 
late the  appointments  of,  &c 46 

Mayor  to  nominate,  when  and  how 1,  2 4 6 

Common  Council  to  confirm 1 46 

Term  of  office 1 46 

How  removed  for  misconduct 3 47 

ASHES — Not  to  be  thrown  or  deposited  in  the  street.  . 7 107 

ASSESSMENTS — An  Ordinance  concerning,  and  col- 
lection of  taxes 178 

ASSESSORS  OF  TAXES— Duties  of 178 

AUCTIONEERS — An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  licens- 
ing   164 

AUTOMOBILES — To  be  licensed  to  transport  passen- 
gers or  merchandise  for  hire 1 74 

License  fee 6 75 

BALL  PLAYING — Not  allowed  in  the  streets 19  63 

BARRIERS — An  Ordinance  concerning,  to  prevent 

accidents 106- 

BAR-ROOMS — See  saloons, 

BICYCLES,  TRICYCLES,  &c. — An  Ordinance  relating 

to 167 

To  have  a lamp  and  bell 1,  2 167 

Must  not  ride  on  sidewalks 3 168 

Penalty  for  violation 4 168 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  195 

Section.  Page. 

BOARD  OF  HEALTH — An  Ordinance  to  establish.  . . 83 

To  consist  of  five  members 1 83 

Mayor  to  appoint 1 83 

Powers  of  the  Board 2 83 

BOARD  OF  POLICE — An  Ordinance  concerning,  and 

Police  Force 47 

BONDS,  MUNICIPAL — An  Ordinance  to  authorize 
, the  issuing  of,  &c 181 

BONFIRES — When  prohibited 4,  20  60,  63 

Leaves  may  be  burned  in  forenoon 20  63 

BOUNDARIES  OF  ELECTION  DISTRICTS — An  Ordi- 
nance fixing  the 39 

BUILDERS — To  erect  barriers  and  place  light  at  ex- 
cavations, &c 2 106 

May  occupy  one-half  of  sidewalk  and  one-third  of 

street 11  61 

CARTMEN — An  Ordinance  to  regulate  and  license.  . . 74 

CENTRAL  RAILROAD  OF  NEW  JERSEY — An  Or- 
dinance authorizing  sidings  and  turnouts,  &c.  . . 169 

CESS-POOLS- — An  Ordinance  to  preserve  the  purity 

of  well  water 55 

CIRCULARS  AND  PAMPHLETS — Distributing  pro- 
hibited   3 60 

CIRCUS — To  be  licensed 179 

CISTERNS,  IN  STREETS — An  Ordinance  relating  to  119 

CITY  AUDITOR — City  Clerk  to  act  as 1 58 

CITY  CLERK — An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  duties  of  58 

To  keep  on  file  in  his  office  all  documents,  &c.  . 1 58 

Present  all  contracts  to  the  Mayor  for  signing.  . 1 58 

To  receive,  examine  and  submit  claims  to  the 

Council  1 58 

To  notify  person  appointed  to  office 2 58 

To  enter  all  resolutions  in  a book 3 58 

To  engross  ordinances  ordered  on  third  reading.  4 58 

. To  advertisejntended  adoption  of  ordinances.  ..  . 5 58 

To  keep  list  of  liquor  licenses  granted 18  102 

To  issue  dog  licenses 2 174 

CITY  COUNCIL— See  Common  Council. 


196 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES 


CITY  JUDGE — Jurisdiction  in  poor  cases 

May  order  release  of  certain  animals 

May  commit  to  jail  persons  refusing  to  pay  fines 

Violations  of  liquor  ordinance  to  be  before 

May  suspend  or  revoke  licenses  to  backmen,  &c.  . 

CITY  MONEYS — An  Ordinance  regulating  the  receipt 
and  disbursement  of 

CITY  OFFICERS — Not  to  be  hindered  or  resisted.  ...  12, 
Fire  Department,  members  not  to  be  hindered.  . . . 
Street  Commissioner  not  to  be  hindered,  &c.  . . . 7 

CITY  PHYSICIAN — An  Ordinance  relating  to 

CITY  SURVEYOR — Who  shall  be 

CITY  TREASURER — An  Ordinance  relating  to 

Bond  of 

To  receive  and  deposit  city  moneys 

Duties  of 

CLERK  OF  ELECTIONS — When  to  be  elected 

One  from  each  polling  district 

COLLECTION  OF  TAXES — An  Ordinance  concering.  . 

COMMISSIONER  OF  STREETS — An  Ordinance  re- 
lating to 

COMMON  COUNCIL — May  confirm  Mayor’s  appoint- 
ments   

When  not  confirmed.  Mayor  to  re-appoint 

May  remove  appointable  officers  for  cause 

To  have  the  ultimate  control  of  police  force.  . . . 

To  act  finally  on  charges  against  policemen 

May  retire  policemen  on  pension 1 

Instruct  corporation  counsel  to  prosecute  suits.  . 
Authorize  corporation  counsel  to  appeal  cases.  . 

To  raise  by  tax  money  for  support  of  city  poor.  . 

To  provide  for  maintenance  of  fire  department.  . 

To  try  and  punish  firemen 

To  grant  all  liquor  licenses 

May  revoke  licenses 

May  order  sidewalks  laid  or  repaired  when  owner 

neglects  

May  grant  licenses  to  auctioneers 

May  grant  licenses  to  junk  shop  keepers 

To  establish  a pound  for  dogs  each  year 

May  designate  who  shall  supply  provisions  for 
city  poor 


3tion.  Page. 

11 

72 

18 

63 

29 

64 

14 

101 

9 

78 

165 

13 

62 

22 

93 

, 9 

85,  108 

58 

1 

85 

165 

1 

165 

2 

165 

3-8 

165 

6 

39 

6 

39 

178 

84 

'1 

46 

2 

47 

3 

47 

2 

47 

8 

50 

, 2 

51 

1 

53 

13 

54 

1 

66 

25 

94 

14 

92 

16 

101 

16 

101 

7 

115 

1 

1 

170 

9 

175 

6 

69 

I 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  197 

Section.  Page. 

CONTRACTORS — To  erect  barriers  and  place  light  at 

excavations,  &c 2 106 

COUNCILMEN — When  to  be  elected 6 39 

Number  of,  and  how  elected 6 39 

COUNSEL  TO  THE  CORPORATION — An  Ordinance 

providing  for 52 

Duties,  an  Ordinance  to  prescribe  the  duties  of.  . 52 

To  prosecute  violations  of  an  Ordinance  relating 

to  barriers,  &c 7 106 

To  prosecute  violations  of  liquor  ordinance 14  101 

DEADLY  WEAPONS — Carrying  of,  forbidden 162 

DISBURSEMENT  OP  CITY  MONEYS — An  Ordinance 

regulating,  &c 165 

DISORDERLY  HOUSES — What  constitutes,  penalty.  . 6 61 

DISTRIBUTING  CIRCULARS,  &c.,  prohibited 3 60 

DOGS — An  Ordinance  concerning 173 

To  be  licensed 1 173 

City  Clerk  to  issue 2 173 

Fees  for  licenses 2,  4 173 

To  wear  collar  with  license  number  on 5 173 

DRIVING  OR  RIDING — Fast  in  streets  forbidden 10  61 

Sleighs  to  have  bells 25  64 

An  Ordinance  to  regulate  speed  of  vehicles,  &c.  . 1 168 

DRUNKENNESS— Penalty  for 8 61 

ELECTION  DISTRICTS — Number  of 39 

Boundaries  of 39 

EXCAVATIONS — To  be  guarded 106 

EXHIBITION  AND  SHOWS — An  Ordinance  to  license, 

&c 179 

EXPRESSMEN — An  Ordinance  to  regulate  and  license  74 

FARMERS — May  sell  own  products  without  license.  . 3 75 

FALSE  ALARMS  OF  FIRE — Prohibited 5 60 

Breaking  or  injuring  alarm  box 14  62 

Create  or  continue  false ' 23  93 

FEES — For  licenses  of 

Hotels,  special 1 105 

Inns  and  Taverns 17  102 

Saloons  17  102 

To  sell  spirituous  and  fermented  liquors 17  102 


198 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES 


Section. 


In  quantities  of  1 quart  to  5 gallons 17 

Auctioneers  . . . 4 

Dogs 2 

Hackmen,  cartmen,  peddlers,  hawkers,  &c 6 

Motor  vehicles  6 

Pawnbrokers  2 

Plainfield  Street  Railway,  cars  and  mileage.  . . 9 

Shows  and  exhibitions 3 

FENCES — Injuring,  &c.,  punishable 21 

FIGHTING  AND  QUARRELING — Forbidden 2 

FIRES — Bonfires,  when  prohibited 4,  20 

Leaves  to  be  burned  in  the  forenoon 20 


To  guard  against,  in  use  of  illuminating  gas,  &c. 

FIRE  ARMS  AND  DEADLY  WEAPONS — Carrying  of 

forbidden  

An  Ordinance  regulating  the  discharge  of,  &c.  . . 


FIRE  CRACKERS — Prohibited  except  on  July  4th.  . . 4 

An  Ordinance  regulating  the  discharge  of 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT — An  Ordinance  to  establish 

and  control  a 

Who  shall  compose  it 1 

Duties  of  chief  engineer 3 

Board  of  Engineers,  how  composed 4 

How  appointed  5 

Chief  engineer  responsible  for  property  of 6 

Members,  how  appointed  and  qualifications....  7 

Compensation  and  classes  of  members  of 8 

Captains,  how  appointed  and  their  duties 10 

Call  men,  duties  of 11 

Members  of,  only  allowed  on  apparatus 12 

Causes  for  suspension  or  dismissal 13 

Penalties  for  violation  of  rules,  &c 14 

Fines  for  absence,  &c 15 

Complaints  for  misconduct  or  neglect 16,  17 

Liquor  forbidden  on  premises 18 

Intoxication  forbiddeii 18 

Who  may  enter  fire  houses 19 

Mutilation  of  property,  penalty  for 20,  21 

Fireman  not  to  be  hindered  or  molested 22 

Apparatus  not  to  be  taken  out  of  city,  except.  ...  24 

Council  to  provide  for  maintenance  of 25 

Assignment  of  fire  companies 27 


Page. 

102 

164 

174 

75 

75 

87 

145 

180 

63 

60 

60,  63 
63 
177 


162 

163 

60 

163 


88 

88 

89 

89 

89 

89 

90 

90 

91 
91 

91 

92 
92 

92 
92-3 

93 
93 
93 
93 
93 

93 

94 
94 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  199 

Section.  Page. 

FIREWORKS — An  Ordinance  regulating  the  dis- 
charge of 163 

FOOTWAYS — To  be  kept  in  repair Ill 

GAMBLING — Not  permitted  6 61 

GAMES  OF  CHANCE— Not  permitted 6 61 

Not  allowed  in  hotels  or  saloons 13  100 

GARDENERS — May  sell  own  produce  without  license.  3 75 

GAS  AND  WATER  PIPES — An  Ordinance  concerning  130 

An  Ordinance  to  guard  against  fire  from  gas,  &c,  177 

GRAVES — An  Ordinance  to  regulate  the  digging  of.  . 55 

GUTTERS — To  be  kept  free  from  snow,  ice,  &c 108 

Removal  of  snow  and  ice  from 110 

HACK  DRIVERS — To  be  licensed  by  the  Mayor 1 74 

May  be  revoked  by  Mayor  or  City  Judge 9 78 

Application  for  license  to  be  in  writing 2 74 

Penalty  for  not  having  license 4 75 

Licenses  expire  March  1st  of  each  year 5 75. 

Fees 6 75 

Lamps  on  vehicles  with  license  number 8 77 

Badges  to  be  worn  when  on  duty 8 77 

Rates  of  fare  posted  in  vehicle 8 77 

Rates  of  fare  to  be  charged 10  79 

First  applicant  to  be  conveyed,  penalty 11  80 

Not  to  solicit  beyond  curb  line  or  in  offensive 

manner  12  80 

Police  Board  to  regulate  traffic 13  81 

HAWKERS — An  Ordinance  to  regulate  and  license.  . 74 

HEALTH  BOARD — An  Ordinance  to  establish 83 

HORSES — Not  to  be  left  untied 24  63 

Not  to  be  tied  to  trees 4 65 

When  attached  to  sleigh,  to  have  bells 25  64 

HOTELS — May  be  licensed  to  sell  liquors 5 97 

Special  license  to  serve  liquors  at  meals  only.  ...  1 105 

Not  to  have  bar  with  a special  license 2 105 

Hours  of  selling  restricted 1 105 

See  also  Saloons  and  Inns  and  Taverns. 

HOUSES  AND  STORES — To  be  numbered 2,  3 133 

ICE  PONDS — An  Ordinance  to  protect.  . 56 

INDUSTRIAL  HOME — An  Ordinance  concerning.  ...  73 


200 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES 


Section.  Page. 


ILLUMINATING  FLUIDS — An  Ordinance  to  regulate 

handling  of 87 

An  Ordinance  to  guard  against  fire  from  gas,  &c.  177 

IMMORALITY  AND  VICE — An  Ordinance  for  the  sup- 
pression of 1 66 

INFORMERS — On  violation  of  sections  6 and  9,  of 
Ordinance  relating  to  morals,  peace  and  good 

order,  to  have  one-half  of  fines 1,  2 65 

On  violations  of  liquor  ordinance  also 14  101 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS — An  Ordinance  to  license,  &c.  95 

Application  for,  to  whom  made 1 95 

What  to  contain 1 95 

Signers  necessary,  qualifications 1 95 

Bond,  to  be  given,  conditions  of 2 95 

State  law  to  be  kept 3 96 

May  be  licensed  to  sell  spirituous  and  fermented 

liquors 4 96 

Application  for,  made  to  Council 4 96 

What  to  set  forth 4,  5 96,  97 

Notice  of  to  be  published 4 96 

If  drunk  on  premises  to  be  fined 8 99 

Drunkenness  or  disorder  on  premises  forbidden.  . 9 99 

Sign  to  be  fixed  on  front  of  place 10  99 

License  framed  and  exposed  to  view 10  99 

Place  of  business,  cannot  be  changed 12  100 

License  not  to  be  assigned 12  100 

Hours  of  selling  regulated 13  100 

Sunday  selling  prohibited 13  100 

Minors,  selling  to  and  gaming  prohibited 13  100 

Violations,  how  prosecuted,  penalty 14,  15  101 

Licenses,  how  granted  and  made  out 16  101 

Fees  for  license 17  102 

Renewal  of  license 25  103 

Restrictions  and  penalties  for  bar-rooms 19-23  103 

INSPECTORS  OF  ELECTION — When  to  be  elected.  . 6 3 9 

Two  for  each  polling  district 6 39 

INTOXICATION — On  the  streets  or  public  places, 

penalty 8 61 

INTOXICATING  LIQUORS — Selling  to  minors,  penalty  9 61 

Licenses  to  sell 95 

See  Inns  and  Taverns,  Saloons,  Hotels. 


JUDGE  OF  ELECTIONS — When  to  be  elected 6 39 

One  from  each  ward 6 39 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES 


201 


Section.  Page. 


JUNK  SHOPS — An  Ordinance  to  regulate  and  license  170 

JUSTICE  OP  THE  PEACE — When  to  be  elected 6 39 

One  from  each  ward 6 39 

KEROSENE  OIL — An  Ordinance  concerning  storage  of  86 

Drawing  within  15  feet  of  artificial  light,  for- 
bidden   1 87. 

KITES — Flying  of,  in  street  forbidden 23  63 

LEAVES — May  be  burned  in  gutters  during  forenoon . 20  63 

LICENSES — For  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors 95 

Inns  and  taverns 1 95 

Spirituous  and  fermented  liquors 4,  5 96,  97 

Saloons  5 97 

Quantities  of  1 quart  to  5 gallons 7 98 

Dealers  or  wholesalers  in  liquors 7 98 

Sales  of  liquor,  without  a,  prohibited 11  100 

Hotels,  special 1 105 

Transfer  fee  26  104 

Auctioneers 164 

Cartmen 74 

Drivers 74 

Dogs 173 

Expressmen 74 

Hackmen 74 

Hawkers 74 

Peddlers 74 

Junk  Shop  Keepers 170 

Shows  and  Exhibitions 179 

LIGHTS  ON  STREETS — Interference  with  forbidden.  15  62 

Injuring  poles,  penalty 4 65 

LIQUORS — Selling  to  minors  prohibited 9 61 

To  intoxicated  or  weak  minded 13  100 

Sunday  selling  prohibited 13  100 

See  Inns  and  Taverns,  Saloons,  Hotels,  Licenses. 

LOITERING — On  streets,  corners,  &c.,  prohibited.  . 22  63 

MAYOR — To  nominate  appointable  officers 1 46 

When  to  send  in  nominations  to  Council 1 4 6 

If  no]t  confirmed  to  make  further  nominations.  . 2 47 

To  be  one  of  Board  of  Police 1 47 

May  call  special  police  in  case  of  emergency.  ...  5,  6 49,  50 

May  give  his  consent  for  a compromise  in  cer- 
tain cases  11  54 


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INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES 


Section. 

May  allow  informers  one-half  in  certain  cases.  . . 1,  2 

To  grant  licenses  to  peddlers,  cartmen,  hack- 


men,  &c 1 

To  appoint  a Board  of  Health 1 

Grant  licenses  to  pawnbrokers 1 

To  nominate  firemen 7 

To  sign  all  liquor  licenses 16 

May  issue  order  prohibiting  dogs  at  large 8 

Grant  licenses  to  shows  and  exhibitions 1 

May  fij^  fees  therefore  and  revoke  licenses 4 

His  signature  necessary  to  all  contracts 1 

MILKMEN — Permitted  to  sell  milk 3 


MORALS,  Peace  and  Order — An  Ordinance  relating  to 
MOTOR  VEHICLES — To  be  licensed  to  carry  passeng- 


ers or  merchandise  for  hire 1 

License  fee 6 


MUHLENBERG  HOSPITAL — Indigent  patients  may 
be  sent  to 

MUNICIPAL  BONDS — An  Ordinance  authorizing  is- 
suing of,  &c 

NEW  YORK  & NEW  JERSEY  TELEPHONE  CO 

An  Ordinance  relating  to  posts  and  poles  of 

An  Ordinance  relating  to  conduits,  wires,  man- 
holes, &c 

NOISES  OR  DISORDER — Disturbing  neighborhood. 


forbidden 2 

In  saloons  9 

In  any  house 6 

NUISANCES  IN  STREETS — Removed  by  street  com- 
missioner   2 

OBSTRUCTING  STREETS — Prohibited 11 

Not  to  be  placed  in  any 1 

Street  Commissioner  to  remove  nuisances 2 

Ashes,  stones,  earth,  &c.,  not  to  be  deposited  in.  . 7 


OFFICERS  APPOINTABLE — An  Ordinance  to  regu- 
late, &c 

OIL — An  Ordinance  concerning  storage  of 

Drawing  within  15  feet  of  artificial  light,  for- 
. bidden 1 

OMNIBUS — To  be  licensed 


Page. 

65 

74 
83 
87 
90 

101 

175 

179 

180 

58 

75 

59 


74 

75 


173 


181 

120 

120 

127 

60 

99 

61 


84 

61 

130 

84 

107 


46 

86 

87 

74 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  203 

Section,  Page. 

OVERSEER  OF  POOR — To  be  nominated  by  the 

Mayor,  &c 2 66 

Compensation  paid  from  poor  fund 2 66 

Legal  settlement  necessary  to  grant  relief 3 67 

Duties  and  powers 4,  5,  6 67-69 

To  submit  books  to  Council  quarterly 7 69 

All  claims  against  Poor  Fund  to  be  sworn  to.  . . . 8 70 

To  furnish  shelter  on  certificate  of  City  Judge 

or  Mayor 9 71 

May  be  removed  for  cause 13  73 

To  assign  those  in  Industrial  Home,  to  work.  . . 2 73 

To  enforce  rules  of  the  Home 3 74 

PAWNBROKERS — An  Ordinance  to  regulate  and  li- 
cense   87 

PEACE  AND  GOOD  ORDER — An  Ordinance  relating 

to 59 

PEDDLERS — To  be  licensed 74 

PENSIONS — For  retired  members  of  police  force.  ...  51 

An  Ordinance  to  adopt  an  Act  Providing  for,  &c.  52 

PETROLEUM — An  Ordinance  concerning  storage  of.  . 86 

PIPES — For  water  and  gas 130 

To  guard  against  fire  from  gas,  &c 177 

PLAINFIELD  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  CO. 

An  Ordinance  concerning  streets  through  which 

its  poles  may  be  erected,  &c 123 

PLAINFIELD  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  CO. 

An  Ordinance  regarding  its  poles,  conduits,  wires, 

&c 125 

PLAINFIELD  STREET  RAILWAY  CO. 

An  Ordinance  locating  tracks,  etc 134' 

To  extend  location  of  tracks  of 140 

Further  extension,  construction  and  compensa- 
tion to  be  paid 141 

Richmond  and  East  Second  streets  extensions  and 

motor  power  of 147 

Southeasterly  extension  of  tracks  and  motor 

power  of,  &c 156 

An  Ordinance  concerning  Street  Railway  Com- 
panies, their  cars,  motors,  roadbed,  tracks, 
wires,  &c 183 


204 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES 


Section.  Page. 


POLICE,  BOARD  OF — An  Ordinance  concerning.  ...  47 

Who  shall  constitute 1 47 

Authority  of 2 47 

To  hear  and  determine  complaints  against  police- 
men   2 47 

POLICE  FORCE — An  Ordinance  to  create  and  define 

duties  of  a 47 

Officers  of,  and  qualifications 3 48 

Duties,  classes  and  compensation 3 48 

Under  general  supervision  of  Board  of  Police.  ...  4 49 

Regular  officers  to  devote  entire  time  and  wear 

badges 5 49 

Specials,  when  to  do  duty 5,  6 49,  50 

Common  Council  to  hear  charges,  when 8 50 

Tenure  of  office 1 51 

When  member  of  may  be  pensioned 1,  2 51 

POLICEMEN — Tenure  of  office 51 

May  be  pensioned 1,  2 51 

Not  to  be  resisted  or  hindered 12,  13  62 

Police  force,  an  Ordinance  concerning,  &c 47 

POOR — An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the  relief  of  the  66 

Tax  to  be  ordered  each  year  by  Council  for  care  of  1 66 

Overseer  to  be  nominated  by  the  Mayor 2 66 

Who  entitled  to  relief 3 67 

To  apply  to  City  Judge  or  Mayor  for  relief 4 67 

May  be  placed  in  charitable  institutions 10  72 

Indigent  poor  may  be  sent  to  hospital 1 173 

PONDS — An  Ordinance  to  protect  ice 56 

POLES — Of  telephone,  gas  and  electric  companies.  ...  120 

Poles 123 

Poles 125 

POUNDS — An  Ordinance  to  establish  public 82 

Animals  running  at  large,  taken  to 3 82 

Not  to  be  rescued  or  taken  from 6 82 

Shall  not  be  broken  open 7 83 

Dogs,  Council  to  establish  a pound  for 9 175 

POUNDKEEPERS — Shall  be  two l'  82 

To  provide  pounds  and  keep  register 2 82 

Must  surrender  animals  when  fees  paid 4 82 

May  sell  animals  not  redeemed 5 82 

Mayor  to  appoint,  for  dogs 9 175 

Duties  of 9-12  175,176 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES  205 

Section.  Page. 

PRIVATE  STREETS — An  Ordinance  to  prescribe  con- 
dition to  be  complied  with  before  dedication  or  ac- 
ceptance by  the  city 56 

PROFANITY — Prohibited,  penalty 2 60 

PROSECUTION — Of  actions,  shall  be  by  corporation 

counsel  5 53 

For  violations  of  liquor  ordinance 14  101 

To  come  before  the  City  Judge 14  101 

Violations  of  ordinance  concerning  barriers 5 106 

RAILROADS — An  Ordinance  authorizing  sidings  and 

turnouts,  &c 169 

RESISTING  ANY  CITY  OFFICER — Punishable 12,  13  62 

RIDING  OR  DRIVING — Fast  prohibited 10  61 

Speed  of  vehicles 1 168 

RIOTS — How  to  be  suppressed 6 50 

ROADS — See  streets. 

ROADS,  PRIVATE— An  Ordinance  concerning  dedi- 
cation of,  and  acceptance  by  the  city 56 

SALOONS — To  be  licensed  to  sell  liquors 5 97 

Application  to  be  made  in  writing 5 97 

What  to  set  forth  and  contain 5 97 

Bond  to  be  given,  conditions  of  same 6 98 

If  drunk  on  premises  to  be  fined,  or  license  re- 
voked   8 99 

Disorder  or  drunkenness  on  premises  forbidden.  . 9 9 9 

Sign  must  be  fixed  on  front  of  saloon 10  99 

License  to  be  framed  and  exposed  to  view 10  99 

Cannot  change  place  of  business 12  100 

License  cannot  be  assigned 12  100 

Hours  of  selling  restricted 13  100 

Sunday  selling  or  to  minors  forbidden 13  100 

Gaming  not  allowed 13  100 

Violations,  how  prosecuted,  penalty 14,  15  101 

Licenses,  how  granted  and  made  out 16  101 

Fees  for  licenses 17  102 

Bar-room  closed  from  11  p.  m.  and  6 a.  m 19  103 

Shows,  music,  dancing,  &c.,  forbidden  in  bar- 
room   20  103 

Bar  to  be  exposed  to  public  view  when  closed.  .21,  22  103 

Penalty  for  violations 23  103 

Renewal  of  license 25  103 

Transfer  of  license  and  fee 26  104 

License  district  defined 27  104 


206 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES 


Section.  Page. 


SHOWS  AND  EXHIBITIONS — An  Ordinance  to  li- 
cense, &c 179 

Owners  of  premises  not  to  allow,  until  license  ob- 
tained   2 179 

Fees  for  licenses 3 180 

Mayor,  to  grant,  fix  fee,  withhold  or  revoke.  ...  4 180 

SIDEWALKS — An  Ordinance  relating  to  encroach- 
ment on 107 

Permission  necessary  to  take  up  certain 5 107 

Deposits  of  earth,  stone,  &c.,  on,  forbidden 7 107 

Snow  and  ice  on 108 

Removal  of  snow  and  ice  from 110 

On  failure  to  remove,  costs  to  be  taxed 2 110 

Footways,  an  Ordinance  concerning Ill 

To  be  kept  in  repair,  &c 1,  2 111 

Construction,  maintenance  and  repair  of  certain.  112 

Curbs  and,  construction  and  repair  of  certain.  . . 115 

Barriers  to  prevent  accidents 106 

SIGNS — Restrictions  on  placing 6 107 

Not  to  be  nailed  on  trees  or  poles,  &c 4 65 

STAGES — To  be  licensed 74 

STONES — Throwing  prohibited  3 60 


STREETS — Not  to  be  obstructed,  penalty  for 

Obstructions  not  to  be  placed  in  any 

Depositing  ashes,  earth,  stone,  &c.,  forbidden.  . . 
Nuisances,  removed  by  Street  Commissioner.  . . . 

Excavations  to  be  guarded 

Vaults  and  cisterns  in  the 

Posts  and  poles  placing  along 

Conduits,  cables,  wires  and  manholes  in 

Encroachments,  encumbrances,  and  nuisances  in. 

Pipes,  regulating  the  laying  of 

Use  and  repair  of 

Numbers,  an  Ordinance  to  establish 

Owners  to  place  number  on  houses  and  stores.  . 
Bonds,  issuing  of  for  permanent  improvement,  &c. 


11  61 

1 130 

7 107 

2 84 
106 
119 

120-125 

125-127 

130 

130 

132 

132 

2,  3 132 

181 


STREETS,  PRIVATE — An  Ordinance  concerning  dedi- 
cation of  and  acceptance  by  the  city 

Plans  to  be  submitted  to  Street  Commissioner.  . 1 

Acceptance  to  be  by  ordinance 1 

Not  to  be  altered,  widened  or  changed 2 

Signs  at  intersection  with  public  streets 3 

May  permit  sewers  to  be  connected  with  city’s.  . . 4 


56 

56 

56 

57 
57 
57 


INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES 


207 

Section.  Page. 

STREET  COMMISSIONER — An  Ordinance  relating  to  84 

Who  qualified  to  be 1 85 

To  give  bond 1 84 

, Overseer  of  streets,  roads  and  public  grounds.  ..  . 2 84 

Keep  streets  in  repair,  remove  nuisances,  &c. . . 2,  3 84 

To  do  work  ordered  by  the  committee  on  streets.  . 4 84 

To  attend  to  execution  of  ordinances,  &c.,  regard- 
ing streets  5 84 

To  present  account  monthly  to  the  Council 6 85 

Must  not  be  hindered  in  discharge  of  his  duty.  . 7 85 

Report  violations  of  ordinances  relating  to  streets, 

&c 9 85 

To  examine,  tracks  and  equipment  of  street  rail- 
ways   2 183 

May  grant  permission  to  removal  certain  side- 
walks   5 107 

To  notify  persons  who  obstruct  streets 11  61 

Enforce  ordinance  regarding  encroachments  on 

streets  and  sidewalks 9 108 

STREET  RAILWAYS — Ordinance  concerning,  &c.  . . . 134-156 

An  Ordinance  concerning  cars,  motors,  roadbed, 

tracks,  &c 183 

SUNDAY — Selling  not  allowed 3 65 

Liquors  not  to  be  sold  on 13  100 

Sale  , of  cider  forbidden  on 1 66 

SURVEYOR,  CITY — Who  to  be 1 85 

SWIMMING — When  insufficiently  clothed,  forbidden.  7 61 

TAVERNS — An  Ordinance  to  license,  &c 95 

See  Inns  and  Taverns,  and  Saloons. 

TAXES — An  Ordinance  concerning  Assessment  and 

Collection  of 178 

TAX  ASSESSOR — Duties  of 178 

TAX  COLLECTOR — Duties  of 178 

TELEPHONE  and  Electric  Light  Poles 120-125 

TENURE  OF  OFFICE — Of  appointable  officers 46 

Of  Policemen 51 

THEATRICAL — Performances,  when  to  be  licensed.  . 179 

TRAFFIC — Board  of  Police  to  regulate 13  81 


208  INDEX  TO  ORDINANCES 

TREES — Not  to  be  injured  or  destroyed 4 65 

Animals  not  to  be  tied  to 4 65 

Signs  not  to  be  nailed  on 4 65 

Trimmed  to  the  height  of  10  feet  from  ground.  . 8 108 

TROLLEY  COMPANIES — Ordinances  concerning.  . . . 134-156 

An  ordinance  concerning  cars,  motors,  tracks,  &c., 

of 183 

THROWING  STONES — Forbidden 3 60 

TRUCKMAN — To  be  licensed 74 

UNDERGROUND  CONDUITS— Ordinances  concerning  125-127 

UNTIED  HORSES — Not  allowed  to  stand  in  streets.  . 24  63 

VAULTS  AND  CISTERNS  in  Streets — An  Ordinance 

relating  to 119 

VEHICLES — An  Ordinance  to  regulate  speed  of . . . . 168 

Past  driving  or  riding 10  61 

VETERINARY  SURGEON — Office  of  to  Fire  Depart- 
ment, abolished  95 

VICE  AND  IMMORALITY — An  Ordinance  to  suppress  66- 

WARDS — An  Ordinance  dividing  city  into 38 

Boundaries  of  each  defined 38 

Officers  elected  from  each  ward 6 39^ 

WATER  AND  GAS  PIPES — An  Ordinance  concerning 

in  streets  130 

WELL  WATER — An  Ordinance  to  preserve  the  purity 

of 55^ 

WIRES  AND  POLES — Of  telephone  and  electric  light 

companies 120-12T 

WEAPONS  AND  FIREARMS— Carrying  forbidden.  . . 162: 


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